If you ask men why they did a good job, they’ll say, ‘I’m awesome. Obviously. Why are you even asking?’ If you ask women why they did a good job, what they’ll say is someone helped them, they got lucky, they worked really hard.
SHERYL SANDBERGBelieve in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.
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So please ask yourself: What would I do if I weren’t afraid? And then go do it.
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Motivation comes from working on things we care about. It also comes from working with people we care about.
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I feel really grateful to the people who encouraged me and helped me develop. Nobody can succeed on their own.
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I have never worked for a woman, and I have never worked with a lot of women.
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The No. 1 impediment to women succeeding in the workforce is now in the home.
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No industry or country can reach its full potential until women reach their full potential. This is especially true of science and technology, where women with a surplus of talent still face a deficit of opportunity.
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Women attribute their success to working hard, luck, and help from other people. Men will attribute that – whatever success they have, that same success – to their own core skills.
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Women need to shift form thinking “I’m not ready to do that” to thinking “I want to do that- and I’ll learn by doing it.
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Give us a world where half our homes are run by men and half our institutions are run by women. I’m pretty sure that would be a better world.
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We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.
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And anyway, who wears a tiara on a jungle gym?
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Women have made tons of progress. But we still have a small percentage of the top jobs in any industry, in any nation in the world. I think that’s partly because from a very young age, we encourage our boys to lead and we call our girls bossy.
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Most people assume that women are responsible for households and child care. Most couples operate that way – not all. That fundamental assumption holds women back.
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I’m a feminist because I believe in women, it’s a heavy word, feminism, but it’s not one I think we should run from. I’m proud to be a feminist.
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Women systematically underestimate their own abilities.
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