Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential.
SHERYL SANDBERGBeing confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential.
SHERYL SANDBERGI wish I could just go tell all the young women I work with, all these fabulous women, ‘Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.’ I wish I could tell that to my daughter. But it’s not that simple.
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 SANDBERGThe most important career decision you’ll make is who your life partner is.
SHERYL SANDBERGIt is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It’s also a very clear path to happiness.
SHERYL SANDBERGMotivation comes from working on things we care about. It also comes from working with people we care about.
SHERYL SANDBERGDon’t make decisions too far in advance, particularly ones you’re not even conscious you’re making.
SHERYL SANDBERGIt’s hard to visualize someone as a leader, if she is always waiting to be told what to do.
SHERYL SANDBERGSomeone 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.
SHERYL SANDBERGBelieve in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.
SHERYL SANDBERGWhat 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.
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 SANDBERGGive us a world where half our homes are run by men and half our institutions are run by women. I’m pretty sure that would be a better world.
SHERYL SANDBERGI 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 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 SANDBERGLeadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.
SHERYL SANDBERG