Our culture needs to find a robust image of female success that is first, not male, and second, not a white woman on the phone, holding a crying baby.

Don't make decisions too far in advance, particularly ones you're not even conscious you're making.

Everyone knows that marriage is the biggest personal decision you make, but it's the biggest career decision you can make.

The reason I don't have a plan is because if I have a plan I'm limited to today's options.

I was grateful that Facebook already had generous bereavement policies . Now Facebook employees receive 20 days paid leave to grieve the loss of an immediate family member and 10 days for an extended family member. I'm proud that we're able to do this and I hope more businesses do the same. Only 60 percent of private sector workers get paid time off after the death of a loved one, and then it's usually just a few days. Workers and families deserve better than that.

I probably shouldn't admit this since I work in the tech industry, but I still prefer reading paper books.

Without fear, women can pursue professional success and personal fulfillment-and freely choose one, or the other, or both.