It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It’s also a very clear path to happiness.
SHERYL SANDBERGTrying to do it all and expecting that it all can be done exactly right is a recipe for disappointment. Perfection is the enemy.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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The most important career decision you’ll make is who your life partner is.
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Nobody can succeed on their own.
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There is no perfect fit when you’re looking for the next big thing to do. You have to take opportunities and make an opportunity fit for you, rather than the other way around. The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.
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Leadership is not bullying and leadership is not aggression. Leadership is the expectation that you can use your voice for good. That you can make the world a better place.
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When 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.
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The cost of stability is often diminished opportunities for growth.
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I’m not telling women to be like men. I’m telling us to evaluate what men and women do in the workforce and at home without the gender bias.
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The No. 1 impediment to women succeeding in the workforce is now in the home.
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I go around the room and ask people, ‘What do you think?’
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Talking can transform minds, which can transform behaviors, which can transform institutions.
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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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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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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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If more women are in leadership roles, we’ll stop assuming they shouldn’t be.
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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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