When you want to change things, you won’t please everyone.
SHERYL SANDBERGWhen you want to change things, you won’t please everyone.
SHERYL SANDBERGAiming for perfection causes frustration at best and paralysis at worst.
SHERYL SANDBERGI have never worked for a woman, and I have never worked with a lot of women.
SHERYL SANDBERGUntil women are as ambitious as men, they’re not gong to achieve as much as men.
SHERYL SANDBERGYour 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.
SHERYL SANDBERGThe best way to make room for both life and career is to make choices deliberately-to set limits and stick to them.
SHERYL SANDBERGCareers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.
SHERYL SANDBERGCommunication 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 SANDBERGWhen 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.
SHERYL SANDBERGWomen 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.
SHERYL SANDBERGSpeak up. Believe in yourself. Take risks.
SHERYL SANDBERGNo 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.
SHERYL SANDBERGFraming 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 SANDBERGI feel really grateful to the people who encouraged me and helped me develop. Nobody can succeed on their own.
SHERYL SANDBERGWhen 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.
SHERYL SANDBERGNext time you’re about to call your daughter bossy, take a deep breath and say, ‘My daughter has executive leadership skills.’
SHERYL SANDBERG