Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

by Sheryl Sandberg

“What would you do if you weren’t afraid?”41

Over the years, I have repeated Eric’s advice to countless people, encouraging them to reduce their career spreadsheets to one column: potential for growth.

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”

Over the past decade, child care costs have risen twice as fast as the median income of families with children.8

The infuriating takeaway from this study is that “merit” can be manipulated to justify discrimination.