Women attribute their success to working hard, luck, and help from other people. Men will attribute that – whatever success they have, that same success – to their own core skills.
SHERYL SANDBERGMost people assume that women are responsible for households and child care. Most couples operate that way – not all. That fundamental assumption holds women back.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
-
-
Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.
SHERYL SANDBERG -
Talking can transform minds, which can transform behaviors, which can transform institutions.
SHERYL SANDBERG -
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.
SHERYL SANDBERG -
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.’
SHERYL SANDBERG -
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?
SHERYL SANDBERG -
If more women are in leadership roles, we’ll stop assuming they shouldn’t be.
SHERYL SANDBERG -
And anyway, who wears a tiara on a jungle gym?
SHERYL SANDBERG -
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.
SHERYL SANDBERG -
Everyone needs to get more comfortable with female leaders-including female leaders themselves.
SHERYL SANDBERG -
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 SANDBERG -
Nobody can succeed on their own.
SHERYL SANDBERG -
Fortune does favor the bold and you’ll never know what you’re capable of if you don’t try.
SHERYL SANDBERG -
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.
SHERYL SANDBERG -
So please ask yourself: What would I do if I weren’t afraid? And then go do it.
SHERYL SANDBERG -
When you want to change things, you won’t please everyone.
SHERYL SANDBERG