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. Sheryl Sandberg More Quotes by Sheryl Sandberg More Quotes From Sheryl Sandberg When the man is traveling with a man, he says, "Let's stay up late and work on this and get this to be better." When the man's traveling with the woman, for the sake of appearances he doesn't do the work with her. That's a lost opportunity for her to be a success. Sheryl Sandberg sake opportunity men The social web can't exist until you are your real self online. I have to be me. You have to be you. Once we are online as ourselves, connected to each other and our other friends, then you can have the evolution of what becomes the social web. Sheryl Sandberg evolution real self As a man gets more successful, powerful, he is more liked, and as a woman gets more successful, she is less liked, and that's true by both women and men. 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Sheryl Sandberg gender illegal pregnancy There's a lot that needs to be fixed in dating for men and women in the U.S. - there's a lot of pressure on women to do things they may not want to do. And if you start out unequal, you are not going to end up with equality. Sheryl Sandberg dating men needs We know when we use the full talents of our population we're more productive. And we know that when people really feel like they can have flexible lives, they're better employees. Sheryl Sandberg population use people I believe we need affordable child care. I believe we need flexibility. I believe we need institutional reform and public policy reform. Sheryl Sandberg reform believe children Let's acknowledge that men reach for opportunities more quickly and more easily than women. So often as managers, we give the job to whoever starts solving the problem, to whoever jumps in. Since we know men will jump in faster than women in so many circumstances, we have to slow down and encourage more women to sit at more tables. Sheryl Sandberg opportunity jobs men I gave a talk on gender stuff at Facebook one morning and a man didn't come. It was optional; he didn't have to come. But he sent a note saying, "I missed your meeting because I drove my kids to school so my wife could do something else. Thank you for making that possible." I think that employee is a loyal employee for Facebook and I think more companies should want that kind of loyalty. Sheryl Sandberg loyalty morning school All of us want the same things. We want to be good to the people around us and for our lives to have meaning. For me that means making the world a little bit easier for women. Sheryl Sandberg mean people world Let's have an honest conversation about what's going on. A man and a man at a bar looks like mentoring. A man and a woman at a bar looks like dating. Sheryl Sandberg dating bars men Sixty-four percent of managers in the U.S. are afraid to be alone in a room with a woman. Mentoring is all about being alone in a room with someone. Let's start talking about this honestly. The lack of equal access is the silent killer for women and no one wants to talk about it. Sheryl Sandberg four want talking People assume Wall Street is a certain culture and tech is a certain culture. But if you look at the (gender) numbers at the top of (those) industries, they don't vary very much. I think in finance, women hold 19 percent of the top jobs, and women are 21 percent of the leaders in nonprofits. Sheryl Sandberg wall jobs thinking We need to talk more openly about mentorships and sponsorships. Women don't get the mentoring, and particularly the sponsors, they need to succeed as much as men. Sheryl Sandberg succeed men needs We need to start talking about child-rearing in the workplace. Sheryl Sandberg talking children needs Men feel like they can be a professional and a father. For women it's "or." That's offensive to me. The concept that it's not possible is crazy. Sheryl Sandberg crazy men father In our performance reviews with women, we need to be saying, "Are you reaching enough? Are you applying for jobs when you meet some of the criteria like men, or are you waiting to meet all the criteria like women do?" There's so much we can do to encourage women to take on more and believe in themselves. Sheryl Sandberg jobs men believe
