"I walk out of this office every day at 5:30 so I'm home for dinner with my kids at 6, and interestingly, I've been doing that since I had kids. I did that when I was at Google, I did that here, and I would say it's not until the last year, two years, that I'm brave enough to talk about it publicly. Now I certainly wouldn't lie, but I wasn't running around giving speeches on it." "...there's no such thing as work-life balance. There's work, and there's life, and there's no balance."

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Source: Sheryl Sandberg Leaves Work at 5:30 Every Day — And You Should Too by Laura Donovan, mashable.com. April 05, 2012.

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Sheryl Sandberg

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Sheryl Sandberg is a prominent business executive and author known for her work at Facebook and her influential book 'Lean In,' advocating for women's leadership.

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