Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant Interview on ‘Option B’ Book

KNOWLEDGE@WHARTON ARCHIVES: Two years before this interview, Sheryl Sandberg was leading a good life. She was the chief operating officer of Facebook and author of the legendary New York Times bestseller Lean In. She was a renowned business leader and a role model for women around the world. She was happily married to Dave Goldberg, the CEO of SurveyMonkey, and they had two young children.
Then the unthinkable happened. On a family vacation in Mexico, Goldberg died suddenly and unexpectedly of heart failure while using an exercise machine. He was 48.
“I was lucky for a long time. And then I wasn’t,” Sandberg said simply and poignantly in a recent talk at Wharton as part of the Authors@Wharton speakers series. Sandberg was joined by Adam Grant, Wharton professor of management and psychology and the author of Originals and Give and Take.
Sandberg and Grant have co-authored a new book, Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy, published in April 2017, which chronicles Sandberg’s progress from a state of overwhelming, paralyzing grief to being able to appreciate life in a new way. Stories of others who have faced adversity are included as well. At Wharton she spoke about the book and described how Grant has been a partner on the journey.
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  • @carolburns3698
    @carolburns36986 жыл бұрын

    Amen! Well Said! Adam & Sheryl in my hometown Philadelphia. Thank you for sharing your words of wisdom. I cannot wait for the book. After losing my father in 2013, and even before. I appreciate "Life" and look at life through a different lens. As a single parent, there were so many times I could've given up pursuing my Bachelor of Science degree, but I kept pushing, and now many years later. My first born graduated with her B.Arts degree. Thank you,

  • @muzikaishokolad
    @muzikaishokoladАй бұрын

    I resonated so much with this conversation and experiece! But the thing that stuck the most with me is that you need permission to be happy again. SO true! You feel like your happiness depends on the people to encourage you and permit you and you seek for that. Grief comes narural, but happiness is burdened with guilt and may be it shouldn’t be, it is inborn right.

  • @toddvandell85
    @toddvandell853 жыл бұрын

    I liked that talk about brand building. What Sheryl seemed to be saying, as I heard it, or what I felt she was trying to suggest was: *"HAVE* a brand. Don't *BE* a brand." I feel that's pretty sage advice.

  • @yasminkouzegari1
    @yasminkouzegari1 Жыл бұрын

    She is my role model for everything. I would like to be her soon in my 35. she is a very strong female leader for our generation. so inspiring.

  • @linskelton3511
    @linskelton35115 жыл бұрын

    WOW!!!!! I am so delighted I found you. Your quote about kick the shit out of option B. WOW, I will begin each day with this quote!!!!!

  • @tanishascottham
    @tanishascottham7 жыл бұрын

    Two of the lesser points that are emphasized in this talk are: 1. help others and 2. psychotherapy. I believe that being externally focused on helping others is a lens that is adaptable to younger people. I think they have the luxury of time and other resources to want and spend more time making a difference in the world. I believe one of the characteristics is that they value meaning over money, especially in work roles. Secondly, what is the worst thing that could happen? Follow-up, how would you feel about it? Unpacking these emotions and perhaps developing a plan can help individual feel more in control and gain some much need perspective.

  • @jacobzaranyika9334
    @jacobzaranyika93342 жыл бұрын

    Thank you🙏 I will look at this later.

  • @toddvandell85
    @toddvandell853 жыл бұрын

    "Case studies are *TERRIBLE.* That's why I don't teach at *HARVARD."* (Adam Grant, putting Sheryl Sandberg on blast.)

  • @emmanueldigenakis1168
    @emmanueldigenakis1168 Жыл бұрын

    You can't get through it. Not right away. I lost my best friend, my husband, and my father in one year. You need to go away. I went to Europe for a few weeks. Change of scenery helps a great deal. After the funeral...people go to their homes and families. Your really on your own. Faith in God helped me. God was and still is my best friend

  • @toddvandell85
    @toddvandell853 жыл бұрын

    "Mom. It's 6th grade basketball. I'm fine." (Sheryl Sandberg's son, on taking perspective.)

  • @lynnware9202
    @lynnware9202 Жыл бұрын

    This is really good. Chocked full of good everyday knowledge we should know.

  • @srs.shashank
    @srs.shashank2 жыл бұрын

    Well said, people cannot be branded , people cannot be consistent and packaged like a branded product.

  • @pinkeye00
    @pinkeye002 жыл бұрын

    Believe or not as a white male in my mid-40s as a highly conservative with a flair for hating everything Facebook - Sheryl is extremely poetic and for all her Liberal Feminisms that irk me to know end - her book Lean In is a manual for just living life on both sides of the equation in being male and female. I know sh'es moved back on the book a bit and her sequal (yet to read) is more exploratory I guess, but she is obviously a beacon for me and women and there are great lessons to ake away from Lean In. I know she's basically the anti-Christ to most people, but maybe less ... than you might think.

  • @emmanueldigenakis1168
    @emmanueldigenakis1168 Жыл бұрын

    How do you prevent hardship? Its unfortunate that many people are born into it. Gambling, alcoholism, has a great impact on people's lives

  • @internationalwomenleaders3259
    @internationalwomenleaders32596 жыл бұрын

    👑

  • @vernefits1953
    @vernefits19535 жыл бұрын

    she is awesome 😍

  • @TataDanou
    @TataDanou6 жыл бұрын

    may I say thank you?

  • @NetcommyNetcommy

    @NetcommyNetcommy

    5 жыл бұрын

    Daniele Zarka (yes)

  • @NetcommyNetcommy

    @NetcommyNetcommy

    5 жыл бұрын

    Daniele Zarka (values others followers)

  • @anamikaangelsingh
    @anamikaangelsingh3 жыл бұрын

    i like her

  • @logger22
    @logger223 жыл бұрын

    I think Deathwish is the best

  • @Tony-cj6jy
    @Tony-cj6jy5 жыл бұрын

    She is always talking about philantropy and helping others, but doesn't have any problem selling private information. Mind you Facebook doesn't need to do that to be wildly profitable, it can have tons of money by selling ads for keywords. So we are supposed to believe that this person never thinks of herself but finds herself at top positions and dating billionaires and selling our privacy for money. She teaches to "Lean in" but when the controversy broke loose she was nowhere to be found while she was directly responsible for advertising. She also one of the least scrutinized person of high status, she hardly gets any hard or challenging questions. She reminds me of Elizabeth Holmes.

  • @toddvandell85

    @toddvandell85

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Tony Lots of anger there. You felt none of her pain? Can't bring yourself to empathize with her loss? Seems unfortunate that you can hate someone, that you don't even know personally, that hard. Consider being kinder? I feel she has great wisdom and insight. Why hate on her for what she has? Why be jealous of her success? Why the need to tear her down? Does her success bother you? Does it bother you that she is a successful woman? Or... Does it bother you that she's a woman at all, let alone a successful one? Would you have the equivalent amount of anger and hatred toward her if she was a guy? If she was male, I wonder if you wouldn't be saying "Way to go, dawg, I'm right there with you, bro"? I think what she was trying to suggest to people was: "Have a brand. Don't *BE* a brand." I feel that's pretty sage advice. You're certainly entitled not to agree with what she says, for whatever reason, but the amount of anger and fury that seemed to radiate from your post because you feel she has undeserved privilege? Seems deeply rooted in your own feelings of anger at maybe your own lack of privilege? Like, "how dare she be privileged". Consider being kinder. (Maybe hate less. You'll live longer.) I'm sorry that she offended you as much as she did, just by existing, it would seem. I'm sorry you couldn't enjoy any wisdom or insight she shared today. Sounds misogynistic of you. She's a woman. How dare she? Who does she think she is? If all you saw was her "undeserved privilege", then that makes me sad. I learned a lot from her wisdom. I'm sorry you couldn't let go of your hostility and resentment enough to learn something yourself. Your attitude reminds me of a former friend who hated women so much he refused to read women authors, because he felt they had nothing for him. Seems to me like that's similar to how you feel: "She's female, therefore she has nothing for me." Or, is it just her? Because she's successful, you just hate her? Or, because she's a woman you just hate her? Here's that thought again: Hate less. You'll live longer.

  • @Tony-cj6jy

    @Tony-cj6jy

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@toddvandell85 I don't see what her loss has anything to do with the points i put forward. These are the things we know off and are able to judge as a public figure. She should get critical questions just as anyone else because of the importance of her job. The more people do an effort to be percieved as someone the more suspicious i get. Just let your good deeds accumulate and people respect and trust will take care of itself. Maybe i'm wrong but there are many red flags here.

  • @yasminkouzegari1
    @yasminkouzegari1 Жыл бұрын

    you are not bad at everything, you are only bad at some points! which you can learn and improve...

  • @aristericojoel8508
    @aristericojoel85085 жыл бұрын

    A Good and place a communicate a reply, history. congrats.

  • @emmanueldigenakis1168
    @emmanueldigenakis1168 Жыл бұрын

    I went to business school. Got my bba. College doesn't teach you life skills.

  • @binithasurendran8977
    @binithasurendran89777 жыл бұрын

    H

  • @rayne1668
    @rayne16682 жыл бұрын

    The first question was about her husband!!!! Really? If she were a man it wouldn’t have been…. Just sayin

  • @emakoo01

    @emakoo01

    Жыл бұрын

    She is there to talk about a book she wrote about dealing with the sudden loss of her husband.

  • @geraldrascon1041
    @geraldrascon10412 жыл бұрын

    The Voice from Man on Fire women voice hahahahah Child support and kid napping legally. Commonly known in resentful women with men with Mexican background ni las virgen de Guadalupe las voltea a ver.

  • @ewtwetrwerwteet
    @ewtwetrwerwteet2 жыл бұрын

    Meta.

  • @pianoklimbimfeli
    @pianoklimbimfeli3 жыл бұрын

    Working for Facebook and talking about "making the world a better place" is kind of funny. And cynical. And then talking about the meaning of the word "friends", when the term "facebook-friends" is a metaphor for someone you don´t have any connection other than you see their vacation-pictures once in a while. Moreover, Facebook doesn´t do enough against fake news - isn´t transparent about the algorythms that are one of the big problems in our filter-bubble society. In the USA it is even more of a problem, just to mention the Trump-Election. Mighty Tech-Companies in this neoliberal age are a big problem but perform as if they had political solutions. Better read Audre Lorde or Bell Hooks and not Carol Sandberg. Just a new kind of Betty Friedan in a certain way.

  • @GUNMETALGUYUSA
    @GUNMETALGUYUSA3 жыл бұрын

    👎