We need to stop telling [women], "Get a mentor and you will excel." Instead, we need to tell them, "Excel and you will g — Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
We need to stop telling [women], "Get a mentor and you will excel." Instead, we need to tell them, "Excel and you will g — Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
We need to stop telling [women], "Get a mentor and you will excel." Instead, we need to tell them, "Excel and you will g — Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
We need to stop telling [women], "Get a mentor and you will excel." Instead, we need to tell them, "Excel and you will g — Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
We need to stop telling [women], "Get a mentor and you will excel." Instead, we need to tell them, "Excel and you will g — Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
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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.

— Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
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