Every day is a gift.
— Sheryl Sandberg
We need to create areas to come together, where we can be there for each other.
We all have shortcomings.
I lost my husband, and it's a horrific thing to live through.
Before social media, if I, as an individual wanted to publish something to the world, unless I could get some local TV crew to interview me, or I wrote an op-ed or took out an ad, I had no voice.
You can date whoever you want, but you should marry the nerds and the good guys.
Turning feelings into words can help us process and overcome adversity.
Judaism is my home. Judaism is super important to me, in death and in life.
Having your house fill up with the people you love is comforting.
I think when tragedy occurs, it presents a choice. You can give in to the void: the emptiness that fills your heart, your lungs, constricts your ability to think or even breathe. Or you can try to find meaning.
I don't believe we have a professional self Monday through Friday and a real self the rest of the time. It is all professional, and it is all personal.
People who are underprivileged have more to grieve and have more to overcome.
I think we would be stronger if half our countries and companies were run by women and half our homes were run by men.
'Option B' draws not just on my story but on the research and stories of many people overcoming all kinds of adversity. No one should have to go through challenges and trauma alone.
When you suffer a tragedy, the secondary loss of having it bleed into other areas of your life is so real.
As women get more powerful, they get less likable. I see women holding themselves back because of this, but if we start talking about the success-likability penalty women face, then we can do something about it.
It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It's also a very clear path to happiness.
We tap into something when we're honest about what's going on in our lives.
We have to work on treating ourselves like we would treat our friends.
When I wrote 'Lean In,' some people argue that I did not spend enough time writing about the difficulties women face when they don't have a partner. They were right.
Our discomfort with female leadership runs deep. We call little girls bossy. We never really call little boys bossy, because a boy is expected to lead, so it doesn't surprise or offend.
My grandfather had a paint store. It's what put my mom through college. Small business is part of my family history.
I think the U.S. needs a better safety net... If you're a single mum or even a dual-parent working family, what do you do if you've got a sick child?
I learned that when life pulls you under, you can kick against the bottom, break the surface, and breathe again.
We need to build resilience together, rooted in religion, rooted in schools, rooted in our health care institutions.
There are so many kids in this country growing up in poverty, facing very, very hard challenges... We need resilience for all of them.
I want people to help take care of each other at work. That's what I want. Do you know how many hours we spend at work? We spend more time at work than we spend at home. When people are suffering, we don't help enough.
We need to help people of all circumstance overcome the things in their life.
It is definitely true that adversity and hardship are not evenly distributed.
I believe very deeply that the world would be a better place if it weren't run as it's currently run, which is by men.
I think we build resilience to prepare for whatever adversity we'll face. And we all face some adversity - we're all living some form of Option B.
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're socializing our daughters to nurture and our boys to lead.
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.
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.
We leave people alone when they need us most.
Self-compassion is how we recover.
I've definitely learned how hard it can be to lean in when you're struggling at home.
Big businesses have always had a lot more voice. They can afford advertising; they can afford marketing. But for small businesses, being able to quickly and cheaply connect to customers is a big deal.
Writing about joyful experiences for just three days can improve people's moods and decrease their visits to health centers a full three months later.
False news hurts everyone. It hurts our community; it hurts us as individuals.
I wrote 'Option B' because I want other people to know it can get better, and I want to help people make it better.
Everyone needs more support than they are getting.
Kids are resilient. My kids are resilient.
I am a bigger-picture manager because I've lived through something that's a big picture.
I think there are things that we can all do to build resilience in ourselves, but also to build resilience in each other.
I try to appreciate every day.
I love how when I say the world is still run by men, and sometimes I say the world is still run by white men, people gasp as if that's news. That's not news. That's obvious.
There's no one way to grieve, and there's no one path.
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 think it is too hard for men to talk about gender. We have to let men talk about this... because we need men to talk about this if it is ever going to change.
