Most people assume that women are responsible for households and child care. Most couples operate that way – not all. That fundamental assumption holds women back.
SHERYL SANDBERGLeadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.
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I go around the room and ask people, ‘What do you think?’
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Build your skills, not your resume.
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Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.
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Done is better than perfect.
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We hold ourselves back in ways both big and small, by lacking self-confidence, by not raising our hands, and by pulling back when we should be leaning in.
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Women need to shift form thinking “I’m not ready to do that” to thinking “I want to do that- and I’ll learn by doing it.
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What I tell everyone, and I really do for myself is, I have a long-run dream, which is I want to work on stuff that I think matters.
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I’m a feminist because I believe in women, it’s a heavy word, feminism, but it’s not one I think we should run from. I’m proud to be a feminist.
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So 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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But I really believe that when you give people authentic identity, which is what Facebook does, and you can be your real self and connect with real people online, things will change.
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Framing the issue of work-life balance – as if the two were dramatically opposed – practically ensures work will lose out. Who would ever choose work over life?
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Women systematically underestimate their own abilities.
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Someone who values fairness and expects or, even better, wants to do his share in the home. These men exist and, trust me, over time, nothing is sexier.
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Your life’s course will not be determined by doing the things that you are certain you can do. Those are the easy things. It will be determined by whether you try the things that are hard.
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