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Sheryl Sandberg

Lean In for Graduates

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  • Xenia Cohas quoted6 years ago
    Your life’s course should not be determined by doing what’s safe and easy but by reaching for what’s challenging and hard: the classes that seem impossible on the first day, but you study enough to pass … the jobs you’re not quite qualified for, but you work like crazy to acquire the skills … the moments when you feel alone and overwhelmed, but you are brave enough to ask for help.
  • Xenia Cohas quoted4 years ago
    long-term dream does not have to be realistic or even specific. It may reflect the desire to work in a particular field or to travel throughout the world. Maybe the dream is to have professional autonomy or a certain amount of free time. Maybe it’s to create something lasting or win a coveted prize. Some goals require more traditional paths; anyone who aspires to become a Supreme Court justice should probably start by attending law school. But even a vague goal can provide direction, a far-off guidepost to move toward.
  • Xenia Cohas quoted4 years ago
    I used Harvard’s computer system only once as an undergraduate, to run regressions for my senior thesis on the economics of spousal abuse.
  • Xenia Cohas quoted4 years ago
    We all want a job or role that truly excites and engages us. This search requires both focus and flexibility, so I recommend adopting two concurrent goals: a long-term dream and an eighteen-month plan.
  • Xenia Cohas quoted4 years ago
    thought about calling you and telling you all of the things I’m good at and all of the things I like to do. Then I figured that everyone was doing that. So instead, I want to ask you: What is your biggest problem, and how can I solve it?”
  • Xenia Cohas quoted4 years ago
    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.
  • Xenia Cohas quoted4 years ago
    Less than six months after I started at Facebook, Mark and I sat down for my first formal review. One of the things he told me was that my desire to be liked by everyone would hold me back.
  • Xenia Cohas quoted4 years ago
    Her advice is that we should let ourselves react emotionally and feel whatever anger or sadness being criticized evokes for us. And then we should quickly move on.
  • Xenia Cohas quoted4 years ago
    Early in her career, Arianna realized that the cost of speaking her mind was that she would inevitably offend someone.
  • Xenia Cohas quoted4 years ago
    Arianna Huffington, founder of The Huffington Post, believes that learning to withstand criticism is a necessity for women.
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