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.
SHERYL SANDBERGI know from my own experience that the path to change is best traveled when we travel together.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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Don’t make decisions too far in advance, particularly ones you’re not even conscious you’re making.
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Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.
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If you do please everyone, you are not making enough progress.
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Everyone needs to get more comfortable with female leaders-including female leaders themselves.
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Your 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.
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We’re focused on doing one thing incredibly well. If you look at other companies, all of these companies are doing a lot of different things but we’re still, as we grow, doing exactly one thing.
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The cost of stability is often diminished opportunities for growth.
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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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It’s hard to visualize someone as a leader, if she is always waiting to be told what to do.
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And anyway, who wears a tiara on a jungle gym?
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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.’
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It’s more pressure on women to – if they marry or partner with someone, to partner with the right person. Because you cannot have a full career and a full life at home with your children if you are also doing all of the housework and child care.
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If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.
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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?
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Fortune does favor the bold and you’ll never know what you’re capable of if you don’t try.
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