The best way to make room for both life and career is to make choices deliberately-to set limits and stick to them.
SHERYL SANDBERGFortune does favor the bold and you’ll never know what you’re capable of if you don’t try.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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It’s hard to visualize someone as a leader, if she is always waiting to be told what to do.
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When I went to college, as much as my parents emphasized academic achievement, they emphasized marriage even more. They told me that the most eligible women marry young to get a ‘good man’ before they are all taken.
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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 have a five year-old son and a three year-old daughter. I want my son to have a choice to contribute fully in the workforce or at home. And I want my daughter to have the choice to not just succeed, but to be liked for her accomplishments.
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We need to stop telling [women], “Get a mentor and you will excel.” Instead, we need to tell them, “Excel and you will get a mentor.
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The most important career decision you’ll make is who your life partner is.
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Your life’s course will not be determined by doing the things that you are certain you can do. Those are the easy things. It will be determined by whether you try the things that are hard.
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I know from my own experience that the path to change is best traveled when we travel together.
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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 really think we need more women to lean into their careers and to be really dedicated to staying in the work force.
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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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Speak up. Believe in yourself. Take risks.
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Women systematically underestimate their own abilities.
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When you want to change things, you won’t please everyone.
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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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