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The cost of stability is often diminished opportunities for growth.

The cost of stability is often diminished opportunities for growth.

Sheryl Sandberg
Opportunity, Growth, Cost
Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.70, Knopf

Feeling confident - or pretending that you feel confident - is necessary to reach for opportunities. It's a cliché, but opportunities are rarely offered; they're seized.

Sheryl Sandberg
Opportunity, Careers, Feelings
Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.43, Knopf

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.

Sheryl Sandberg
Opportunity, Perfect, Leader
Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.44, Knopf

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.

Sheryl Sandberg
Country, Technology, Opportunity
"Sheryl Sandberg Joins Global Women Leaders in Tech to Demand Gender Equality" by Musimbi Kanyoro, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 20, 2015.

Facebook is great for women and men. We are enormously flexible. We care a lot about great opportunities for women, we push ourselves to make things as flexible as possible.

Sheryl Sandberg
Opportunity, Men, Care
Source: articles.chicagotribune.com

Let's acknowledge that men reach for opportunities more quickly and more easily than women. So often as managers, we give the job to whoever starts solving the problem, to whoever jumps in. Since we know men will jump in faster than women in so many circumstances, we have to slow down and encourage more women to sit at more tables.

Sheryl Sandberg
Jobs, Opportunity, Men

When the man is traveling with a man, he says, "Let's stay up late and work on this and get this to be better." When the man's traveling with the woman, for the sake of appearances he doesn't do the work with her. That's a lost opportunity for her to be a success.

Sheryl Sandberg
Opportunity, Men, Sake

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