30 colossal Sheryl Sandberg quotes that will make you laugh and think
Sheryl Sandberg is one of the shining examples of feminism in the modern time. Her book Lean in is something I recommend to anyone to understanding women in the workplace better. Her reboot of feminism in the 21st century is a big undertaking but as the COO of Facebook she takes it in her stride while still staying accessible and human by publicly mourning the death of her husband Dave Goldberg
- We can each define ambition and progress for ourselves. The goal is to work toward
a world where expectations are not set by the stereotypes that hold us back, but by our personal passion, talents and interests. - 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.
- Until women are as ambitious as men,
they're not gong to achieve as much as men. - I look forward to the day when half our homes are run by men and half our companies and institutions are run by women. When that happens, it won't just mean happier women and families; it will mean more successful businesses and better lives for us all.
- I 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.
- I would be better at my job if I were technical.
- It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It's also a very clear path to happiness.
- So there's no such thing as work-life balance. There's work, and there's life, and there's no balance.
- 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.
- 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 .' - Most people assume that women are responsible for households and child care. Most couples operate that way - not all. That fundamental assumption holds women back.
- I don't hold myself out as a role model. I don't believe that everyone should make the same choices; that everyone has to want to be a CEO, or everyone should want to be a work-at-home mother. I want everyone to be able to choose. But I want us to be able to choose unencumbered by gender choosing for us.
- 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. - I'm a pragmatist. I think, as a woman, you have to be more careful. You have to be more communal, you have to say yes to more things than men, you have to worry about things that men don't have to worry about. But once we get enough women into leadership, we can break stereotypes down. If you lead, you get to decide.
- People think that women don't negotiate because they're not good negotiators, but that's not it. Women don't negotiate because it doesn't work as well for them. Women have to say, 'I really add a lot of value, and it's in your interest to pay me more.' I hate that advice, but I want to see women get ahead.
- I really think we need more women to lean into their careers and to be really dedicated to staying in the
work force . - For any of us in this room today, let's start out by admitting we're lucky. We don't live in the world our mothers lived in, our grandmothers lived in, where career choices for women were so limited.
- Women are not making it to the top. A hundred and ninety heads of state; nine are women. Of all the people in parliament in the world, thirteen
per cent are women. In the corporate sector, women at the top - C-level jobs, board seats - tops out at fifteen, sixteen per cent. - If you ask men why they did a good job, they'll say, 'I'm awesome. Obviously. Why are you even asking?' If you ask women why they did a good job, what they'll say is someone helped them, they got lucky, they worked really hard.
- Every company I know is looking for more women at the table. Every board is looking for more women at the table. There's a reason why men want to understand the challenges women face, address
them, because then they're going to be better hirers,attracters and retainers of women. - What works for men does not always work for women, because success and likability are positively correlated for men and negatively correlated for women. That's what the research shows. As a man gets more successful, everyone is rooting for him. As a woman gets more successful, both men and women like her less.
- 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. - I don't pretend there aren't biological differences, but I don't believe the desire for leadership is hardwired biology, not the desire to win or excel. I believe that it's
socialization , that we'resocializing our daughters to nurture and our boys to lead - What about the rat race in the first place? Is it worthwhile? Or are you just buying into someone else's definition of success? Only you can decide that, and you'll have to decide it over and over and over. But if you think it's a rat race, before you drop out, take a deep breath. Maybe you picked the wrong job. Try again. And then try again.
- 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.
- I have never worked for a woman, and I have never worked with a lot of women.
- I feel really grateful to the people who encouraged me and helped me develop. Nobody can succeed on their own.
- When you're more valuable, the people around you will do more to make it work.
- The No. 1 impediment to women succeeding in the workforce is now in the home.
- We've got to get women to sit at the table.
Conclusion
When I read her book the story that stood out most to me was how she figured out that it is important to have the people at the table who live the struggle every single day to make the right decisions. During her pregnancy, she realised that Facebook was not as open a place as she thought it was and drove change from there. The fact that Mark Zuckerberg still held on to his choice of letting her into C-Level also shows that good leadership can impact the world for the better. Other CEOs might have felt like that her demands are unreasonable. Starting a better life and driving change starts with building better habits. Here at marathon-crossfit, I will help you do that. Check out my other content about Fitness, Mindfulness and relationships to make yourself run faster, lift stronger and think deeper.
