Trying to do it all and expecting that it all can be done exactly right is a recipe for disappointment. Perfection is the enemy. Sheryl Sandberg More Quotes by Sheryl Sandberg More Quotes From Sheryl Sandberg As a country and as a world, we are not comfortable with women in leadership roles. We call little girls bossy. Sheryl Sandberg roles girl country No one gets to the top, if they sit on the sidelines, or if they don't believe in themselves. Sheryl Sandberg sidelines dont-believe believe Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection. Sheryl Sandberg powerful-women leader perfection We [Facebook] really believe in enabling people to be their authentic selves on the web, and enabling people to communicate directly with each other in a very personal way. Sheryl Sandberg self believe people It's easy to dislike the few senior women out there. What if women were half the positions in power? It would be harder to dislike all of them. Sheryl Sandberg what-if senior would-be We've ceased making progress at the top in any industry anywhere in the world . In the United States, women have had 14% of the top corporate jobs and 17% of the board seats for 10 years. Ten years of no progress. Sheryl Sandberg women work jobs When 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 Sandberg taken college men Grief affects job performance, so giving workers time off to grieve can lead to stronger outcomes at work. Sheryl Sandberg grief grieving giving I'm not pretending I can give advice to every single person or every single couple for every situation; I'm making the point that we are not going to get to equality in the workforce before we get to equality in the home. Not going to happen. Sheryl Sandberg couple home giving Two things that I think matter are gratitude and joy. Sheryl Sandberg gratitude joy thinking We have to ask ourselves if we have become so focused on supporting personal choices that we're failing to encourage women to aspire to leadership. Sheryl Sandberg personal-choice failing choices 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? Sheryl Sandberg issues balance two Every job will demand some sacrifice. The key is to avoid unnecessary sacrifice. Sheryl Sandberg sacrifice keys jobs Women don't take enough risks. Men are just 'foot on the gas pedal.' We're not going to close the achievement gap until we close the ambition gap. Sheryl Sandberg ambition feet men 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. Sheryl Sandberg careers home children I just believed. I believed that the technology would change people's lives. I believed putting real identity online - putting technology behind real identity - was the missing link. Sheryl Sandberg women real work I'd worked on leprosy and malaria in India [at the World Bank] and asked myself the question: Why do we let 2 million children die every year around the world for not having clean water? Because they're faceless and nameless. So, for me, Facebook looked like it was going to solve the problem of the invisible victim. Sheryl Sandberg women work children Every woman I know, particularly the senior ones, has been called too aggressive at work. We know in gender blind studies that men are more aggressive in their offices than women. We know that. Yet we're busy telling all the women that they're too aggressive. That's the issue. Sheryl Sandberg women senior work I probably shouldn't admit this since I work in the tech industry, but I still prefer reading paper books. Sheryl Sandberg reading paper book The best decision I ever made was to marry Dave. Sheryl Sandberg dave decision made
