I feel really grateful to the people who encouraged me and helped me develop. Nobody can succeed on their own.
SHERYL SANDBERGIf you ask men why they did a good job, they’ll say, ‘I’m awesome. Obviously. Why are you even asking?’ If you ask women why they did a good job, what they’ll say is someone helped them, they got lucky, they worked really hard.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.
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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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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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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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I really think we need more women to lean into their careers and to be really dedicated to staying in the work force.
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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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But I really believe that when you give people authentic identity, which is what Facebook does, and you can be your real self and connect with real people online, things will change.
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I go around the room and ask people, ‘What do you think?’
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A truly equal world would be one where women ran half our countries and companies and men ran half our homes.
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Everyone needs to get more comfortable with female leaders-including female leaders themselves.
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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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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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Aiming for perfection causes frustration at best and paralysis at worst.
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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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