"Motivation comes from working on things we care about. It also comes from working with people we care about."
"Women need to shift from thinking "I'm not ready to do that" to thinking "I want to do that- and I'll learn by doing it."
"If we push hard now, this next wave can be the last wave. In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders"
"Feeling threatened by others' choices pulls us all down. Instead, we should funnel our energy into breaking this cycle."
"Women can enter (...) negotiations with the knowledge that showing concern for the common good, even as they negotiate for themselves, will strengthen their position."
"I'm sorry if this sounds harsh or surprises anyone, but this is where we are. If you want the outcome to be different, you will have to do something about it."
"Every job will demand some sacrifice. The key is to avoid unnecessary sacrifice."
"It takes a near act of rebellion for even a four-year-old to break away from society's expectations."
"You have to take opportunities and make an opportunity fit for you, rather than the other way around."
"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."
"[Eric Schmidt] explained that only one criterion that mattered when picking a job- fat growth. When companies grow quickly, there are more things to do than there are people to do them. When companies grow more slowly or stop growing, there is less to do and too many people to not be doing them. Politics and stagnation set in, and everyone falters, He told me, "If you're offered a seat on a rocket sip, you don't ask what seat. You just get on."
"She explained that many people, but especially women, feel fraudulent when they are praised for their accomplishments. Instead of feeling worthy of recognition, they feel undeserving and guilty, as if a mistake has been made. Despite being high achievers, even experts in their fields, women can't seem to shake the sense that it is only a matter of time until they are found out for who they really are- impostors with limited skills or abilities."
"Our culture needs to find a robust image of female success that is first, not male, and second, not a white woman on the phone, holding a crying baby,"
"Fortune does favor the bold and you'll never know what you're capable of if you don't try."
"By focusing on her career and taking a calculated approach to amassing power, Heidi violated our stereotypical expectations of women. Yet by behaving in the same manner, Howard lived up to our stereotypical expectations of men. The end result? Liked him, disliked her."
"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."
"If I had to embrace a definition of success, it would be that success is making the best choices we can . . . and accepting them."
"A feminist is someone who believes in social, political, and economic equality of the sexes."
"We need more portrayals of women as competent professionals and happy mothers - or even happy professionals and competent mothers."
"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."
"But I also know that in order to continue to grow and challenge myself, I have to believe in my own abilities. I still face situations that I fear are beyond my capabilities. I still have days when I feel like a fraud. And I still sometimes find myself spoken over and discounted while men sitting next to me are not. But now I know how to take a deep breath and keep my hand up. I have learned to sit at the table."
"Think personally, act communally."
"He said that when you want to change things, you can't please everyone. If you do please everyone, you aren't making enough progress. Mark was right."
"As a child I never thought about what I wanted to be, but I thought a lot about what I wanted to do."
"No wonder women don't negotiate as often as men. It's like trying to cross a minefield backward in high heels."