Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In approach encourages women to chase their ambitions.

Here are eight ways this can be done, shared in Sandberg's best-selling book and during her conversation with salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff at Dreamforce ’13..

1. Talk about your needs: Always take the step to have an open discussion about your ideas and challenges. By not talking about it, zero progress can be made. 

2. You can't be liked by everyone: If you try to please everyone, it will be hard to make progress. Pursue your goals and dreams and be OK with the fact that not everyone is going to like it.

3. Sit at the table: Too often we sit by the sidelines, hold ourselves back and let self doubt persevere. "Leaning In" is about putting fears aside and raising your hand.

4. Find a mentor: Within every organization there is someone you admire and identity with. Find that one trait you want to emulate, and reach out to that person to let them know. Work on this goal together.

5. Take risks: Have an entrepreneurial spirit and try new things. Celebrate risk-taking and stretch your ability to achieve goals. 

6. Strengthen a specific skill: Determine a challenging skill and work to enhance it, or strengthen an existing skill that you are already perfecting. Work with others on your team to help you achieve this goal.

7. It's "We" not "I": Look for improvements and needs that will benefit the overall team and not just yourself. You'll have an easier time selling your ideas if they also help others and it will keep you part of a connected group.    

8. What would you do if you weren't afraid? Sheryl dove into her job at Facebook as fearlessly as she could. She stresses, "Ask yourself, What would I do if I weren't afraid? And then go do it."

Watch Sheryl Sandberg's complete Dreamforce '13 conversation with Marc Benioff below.

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