I want to tell any young girl out there who’s a geek, I was a really serious geek in high school. It works out. Study harder.
SHERYL SANDBERGThere 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.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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The No. 1 impediment to women succeeding in the workforce is now in the home.
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We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women’s voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.
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Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential.
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If more women are in leadership roles, we’ll stop assuming they shouldn’t be.
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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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I go around the room and ask people, ‘What do you think?’
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Nobody can succeed on their own.
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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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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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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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Someone who values fairness and expects or, even better, wants to do his share in the home. These men exist and, trust me, over time, nothing is sexier.
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When woman work outside the home and share breadwinning duties, couples are more likely to stay together. In fact, the risk of divorce reduces by about half when a wife earns half the income and a husband does half the housework.
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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 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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Build your skills, not your resume.
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