There is no perfect fit when you’re looking for the next big thing to do. You have to take opportunities and make an opportunity fit for you, rather than the other way around. The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.
SHERYL SANDBERGEvery job will demand some sacrifice. The key is to avoid unnecessary sacrifice.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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I go around the room and ask people, ‘What do you think?’
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Communication starts with the understanding that there is my point of view (my truth) and someone else’s point of view (his truth). Rarely is there one absolute truth, so people who believe that they speak the truth are very silencing of others.
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Leadership is not bullying and leadership is not aggression. Leadership is the expectation that you can use your voice for good. That you can make the world a better place.
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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.
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And anyway, who wears a tiara on a jungle gym?
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I have never worked for a woman, and I have never worked with a lot of women.
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It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It’s also a very clear path to happiness.
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Everyone knows that marriage is the biggest personal decision you make, but it’s the biggest career decision you can make.
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Don’t make decisions too far in advance, particularly ones you’re not even conscious you’re making.
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I wish I could just go tell all the young women I work with, all these fabulous women, ‘Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.’ I wish I could tell that to my daughter. But it’s not that simple.
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When companies offer support and assistance for personal and family hardships, their employees become more loyal and more productive.
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When people are really suffering, and we know they’re suffering, that question can be a very difficult one. Inadvertently, I think without anyone meaning it, it communicates a lack of empathy.
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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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We’re focused on doing one thing incredibly well. If you look at other companies, all of these companies are doing a lot of different things but we’re still, as we grow, doing exactly one thing.
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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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We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.
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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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The cost of stability is often diminished opportunities for growth.
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It’s hard to visualize someone as a leader, if she is always waiting to be told what to do.
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When you’re more valuable, the people around you will do more to make it work.
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Motivation comes from working on things we care about. It also comes from working with people we care about.
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Trying to do it all and expecting that it all can be done exactly right is a recipe for disappointment. Perfection is the enemy.
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Feeling confident – or pretending that you feel confident – is necessary to reach for opportunities. It’s a cliché, but opportunities are rarely offered; they’re seized.
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You know, there has never been a 24-hour period in five years when I have not responded to e-mail at Facebook. I am not saying it’s easy. I work long hours.
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Our culture needs to find a robust image of female success that is first, not male, and second, not a white woman on the phone, holding a crying baby.
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When looking for a life partner, my advice to women is date all of them: the bad boys, the cool boys, the commitment-phobic boys, the crazy boys. But do not marry them. The things that make the bad boys sexy do not make them good husbands.
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