Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, on Using Your Voice For Good

Sheryl Sandberg: You're not born with a fixed amount of resilience. It is a muscle; you can build it up, draw on it when you need it. In that process you will figure out who you really are--and you just might become the very best version of yourself. The most important thing is to know that you have the ability to get through absolutely anything. I had a very good friend who was a mentor to me early in my career. He told me there were three steps to more confidence and ultimately success. I call it The Confidence Gap. Step one is recognizing that you have strengths and talents no matter where you are in your career and always believing in them. Step two is being able to articulate those strengths and talents so people know what you bring to the table. And step three is understanding how your strengths and talents can create value for other people, so they want to work with you or hire you or promote you. Our society encourages women to build their confidence through external means--how we look and what we do for work--which has some positive effects but also makes us vulnerable to changes over time that are beyond our control: getting older, putting on weight or losing it, having children, changing jobs, being laid off, 👉For Unlimited Reading. Unlimited Listening. Any Device. Click here https://amzn.to/3kYHYPM 👉Get 6 MONTHS OF DISNEY+ ON US https://amzn.to/3zynG3F 👉SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST https://anchor.fm/getu-chandler