Next time you’re about to call your daughter bossy, take a deep breath and say, ‘My daughter has executive leadership skills.’
SHERYL SANDBERGYou know, there has never been a 24-hour period in five years when I have not responded to e-mail at Facebook. I am not saying it’s easy. I work long hours.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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Bring your whole self to work. I don’t believe we have a professional self Monday through Friday and a real self the rest of the time. It is all professional and it is all personal.
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A truly equal world would be one where women ran half our countries and companies and men ran half our homes.
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The gender stereotypes introduced in childhood are reinforced throughout our lives and become self-fulfilling prophesies. Most leadership positions are held by men, so women don’t expect to achieve them, and that becomes one of the reasons they don’t.
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Everyone needs to get more comfortable with female leaders-including female leaders themselves.
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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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When people are really suffering, and we know they’re suffering, that question can be a very difficult one. Inadvertently, I think without anyone meaning it, it communicates a lack of empathy.
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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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There is no perfect fit when you’re looking for the next big thing to do. You have to take opportunities and make an opportunity fit for you, rather than the other way around. The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.
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You know, there has never been a 24-hour period in five years when I have not responded to e-mail at Facebook. I am not saying it’s easy. I work long hours.
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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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The No. 1 impediment to women succeeding in the workforce is now in the home.
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When looking for a life partner, my advice to women is date all of them: the bad boys, the cool boys, the commitment-phobic boys, the crazy boys. But do not marry them. The things that make the bad boys sexy do not make them good husbands.
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I wish I could just go tell all the young women I work with, all these fabulous women, ‘Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.’ I wish I could tell that to my daughter. But it’s not that simple.
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So there’s no such thing as work-life balance. There’s work, and there’s life, and there’s no balance.
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If more women are in leadership roles, we’ll stop assuming they shouldn’t be.
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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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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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In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.
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It’s time to cheer on girls and women who want to sit at the table.
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Don’t make decisions too far in advance, particularly ones you’re not even conscious you’re making.
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When companies offer support and assistance for personal and family hardships, their employees become more loyal and more productive.
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We’re focused on doing one thing incredibly well. If you look at other companies, all of these companies are doing a lot of different things but we’re still, as we grow, doing exactly one thing.
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The time is long overdue to encourage more women to dream the possible dream.
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Framing the issue of work-life balance – as if the two were dramatically opposed – practically ensures work will lose out. Who would ever choose work over life?
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If you do please everyone, you are not making enough progress.
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