This experiment supports what research has already clearly shown: success and likeability are positively correlated for men and negatively correlated for women.3 When a man is successful, he is liked...
Dealing with grief was like building physical stamina: the more you exercise, the faster your heart rate recovers after it is elevated.
Rarely is there one absolute truth, so people who believe that they speak the truth are very silencing of others. When we recognize that we can see things only from our own perspective, we can share o...
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.
You take someone to the airport, it’s clearly the beginning of the relationship. That’s why I have never taken anyone to the airport at the beginning of a relationship. SALLY: Why? HARRY: Beca...
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. (p.62)
In sports, taking suggestions from a coach is the whole point of practice. Adam traces his openness to feedback to his past as a Junior Olympic diver. Criticism was the only way to get better.
If women want to succeed more at work and if men want to succeed more at home, these expectations have to be challenged. As Gloria Steinem once observed, It's not about biology, but about consciousnes...
Counterintuitively, long-term success at work often depends on not trying to meet every demand placed on us. (p.127)
Given how fast the world moves today, grabbing opportunities is more important than ever. Few managers have the time to carefully consider all the applicants for a job, much less convince more reticen...
One of the things he told me was that my desire to be liked by everyone would hold me back. He said that when you want to change things, you can’t please everyone. If you do please everyone, you aren’...
We are each unique … which is why it is so wrong to be lumped together by stereotypes or viewed with narrowed expectations based on skin color or chromosomes. The irony is that dealing with this preju...
In China, women who are single past the age of twenty-seven are stigmatized as sheng nu, or leftover women. They face severe pressure from their families to marry, stemming from the widespread belief...
One of the conflicts inherent in having choice is that we all make different ones. There is always an opportunity cost, and I don't know any woman who feels comfortable with all her decisions. As a re...
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.
Women have made tons of progress. But we still have a small percentage of the top jobs in any industry, in any nation in the world. I think that's partly because from a very young age, we encourage ou...
Writing this book is not just me encouraging others to lean in. This is me leaning in. Writing this book is what I would do if I weren't afraid.
When a man is successful, he is liked by both men and women. When a woman is successful, people of both genders like her less.
Counting our blessings doesn’t boost our confidence or our effort, but counting our contributions can.
Often without realising it, women internalise disparaging cultural attitudes and then echo them back. As a result, women are not just victims of sexist, they can also be perpetrators.
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