Bring your whole self to work. I don’t believe we have a professional self Monday through Friday and a real self the rest of the time. It is all professional and it is all personal.
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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It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It’s also a very clear path to happiness.
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Aiming for perfection causes frustration at best and paralysis at worst.
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I want to tell any young girl out there who’s a geek, I was a really serious geek in high school. It works out. Study harder.
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When I went to college, as much as my parents emphasized academic achievement, they emphasized marriage even more. They told me that the most eligible women marry young to get a ‘good man’ before they are all taken.
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Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.
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I have a five year-old son and a three year-old daughter. I want my son to have a choice to contribute fully in the workforce or at home. And I want my daughter to have the choice to not just succeed, but to be liked for her accomplishments.
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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.
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The best way to make room for both life and career is to make choices deliberately-to set limits and stick to them.
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The cost of stability is often diminished opportunities for growth.
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Next time you’re about to call your daughter bossy, take a deep breath and say, ‘My daughter has executive leadership skills.’
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If you do please everyone, you are not making enough progress.
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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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I don’t pretend there aren’t biological differences, but I don’t believe the desire for leadership is hardwired biology, not the desire to win or excel. I believe that it’s socialization, that we’re socializing our daughters to nurture and our boys to lead.
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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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Nobody can succeed on their own.
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Real change will come when powerful women are less of an exception. It is easy to dislike senior women because there are so few.
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I’m not telling women to be like men. I’m telling us to evaluate what men and women do in the workforce and at home without the gender bias.
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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.
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Fortune does favor the bold and you’ll never know what you’re capable of if you don’t try.
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Talking can transform minds, which can transform behaviors, which can transform institutions.
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It’s time to cheer on girls and women who want to sit at the table.
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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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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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When companies offer support and assistance for personal and family hardships, their employees become more loyal and more productive.
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So please ask yourself: What would I do if I weren’t afraid? And then go do it.
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Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential.
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