Sheryl Sandberg : So we leaned in ... now what?

Sheryl Sandberg at TEDWomen 2013  (transcript)
So we leaned in … now what?
Summary
“Lean in” is a title of a book that was written by Sheryl Sandberg who was the chief operating officer of Facebook in 2013. The word “Lean” means to depend, though, “Lean in” means to proactively take charge of a situation and to be bold in exerting one's will in a situation.
Furthermore, it’s to shift one's weight forward or to lean forward or towards something. The most powerful meaning seems to be taking a step forward.
The speaker is a great woman leader, though, she couldn’t say “woman”. It means that the world be said for a long time that men and women should be equal, though, the situation hasn’t still been changed after she stood on a previous TED stage. And then she published its book, create groups to be able to discuss the problem of woman. At last, people and some men started realizing. They said that they thought that there was no discrimination but they were good at it. However, it’s just hidden and it can't be just told about. By this book “Lean in”, many people started realizing. Exactly, “Lean in” happened. People started taking a step forward about the problem. We all need to do a lot more leaning in.

Words in this story
exert /verb/ cause, exercise, use