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.
SHERYL SANDBERGWhen you’re more valuable, the people around you will do more to make it work.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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I tell people in their careers, ‘Look for growth. Look for the teams that are growing quickly. Look for the companies that are doing well. Look for a place where you feel that you can have a lot of impact.’
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Build your skills, not your resume.
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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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No industry or country can reach its full potential until women reach their full potential. This is especially true of science and technology, where women with a surplus of talent still face a deficit of opportunity.
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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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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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Women have made tons of progress. But we still have a small percentage of the top jobs in any industry, in any nation in the world. I think that’s partly because from a very young age, we encourage our boys to lead and we call our girls bossy.
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The time is long overdue to encourage more women to dream the possible dream.
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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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Until women are as ambitious as men, they’re not gong to achieve as much as men.
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I go around the room and ask people, ‘What do you think?’
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The cost of stability is often diminished opportunities for growth.
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It’s time to cheer on girls and women who want to sit at the table.
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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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We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.
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