American - Businesswoman | August 28, 1969 -
I don't pretend there aren't biological differences, but I don't believe the desire for leadership is hardwired biology, not the desire to win or excel. I believe that it's socialization, that we're socializing our daughters to nurture and our boys to lead.
Sheryl Sandberg
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It's more pressure on women to - if they marry or partner with someone, to partner with the right person. Because you cannot have a full career and a full life at home with your children if you are also doing all of the housework and child care.
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I'm a pragmatist. I think, as a woman, you have to be more careful. You have to be more communal, you have to say yes to more things than men, you have to worry about things that men don't have to worry about. But once we get enough women into leadership, we can break stereotypes down. If you lead, you get to decide.
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You can date whoever you want, but you should marry the nerds and the good guys.
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I'd like to see where boys and girls end up if they get equal encouragement - I think we might have some differences in how leadership is done.
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We need to help people of all circumstance overcome the things in their life.
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I don't believe we have a professional self from Mondays through Fridays and a real self for the rest of the time.
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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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When my mother took her turn to sit in a gown at her graduation, she thought she only had two career options: nursing and teaching. She raised me and my sister to believe that we could do anything, and we believed her.
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Women don't take enough risks. Men are just 'foot on the gas pedal.' We're not going to close the achievement gap until we close the ambition gap.
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In fact, my New Year's resolution every year, and I'm Jewish so I get two New Years a year, is to meditate, and I fail every time.
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If more women are in leadership roles, we'll stop assuming they shouldn't be.
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