--- description: Mark Zuckerberg is focused, determined, and displays perseverance, according to Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. title: This Story About Marshmallows Explains How Mark Zuckerberg Gets Stuff Done image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt56c2d513a53b8369/69885927a988ca17ba6b3481/mark-zuckerberg-arnold-schwarzenegger.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Workplace & Careers](/tag/workplace-careers/) ## Workplace & Careers Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Story About Marshmallows Explains How Mark Zuckerberg Gets Stuff Done  by [Lisa Eadicicco](/author/lisa-eadicicco/)  ## Lisa Eadicicco Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 16, 2015 3:48 PM CUT  Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., speaks during the Facebook F8 Developers Conference in San Francisco, Calif., on March 25, 2015. Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., speaks during the Facebook F8 Developers Conference in San Francisco, Calif., on March 25, 2015.David Paul Morris—Bloomberg Finance LP  by [Lisa Eadicicco](/author/lisa-eadicicco/)  ## Lisa Eadicicco Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 16, 2015 3:48 PM CUT Between building drones that can beam Internet signals from the sky and investing in the future of virtual reality, it’s fair to say that Facebook has grown way beyond a simple social network. So how does CEO Mark Zuckerberg manage it all? With patience and diligence, according to those who have worked closely with him. Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer, shared this story about a family gathering [with Fast Company](http://www.fastcompany.com/3052885/mark-zuckerberg-facebook "undefined") when describing Zuckerberg’s approach to productivity: --- > “” --- Zuckerberg built Facebook while attending Harvard in 2004\. Back then, it was just a social network for students attending the university. 11 years later, [the company is worth more than Walmart.](http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/23/investing/facebook-walmart-market-value/ "undefined") “He’s learned everything he knows about business in the last 10 years,” Marc Andreessen, a prominent Silicon Valley investor and Facebook board member, told Fast Company. “And now he’s one of the best CEOs in the world.” [Read the rest of Fast Company’s Zuckerberg profile here.](http://www.fastcompany.com/3052885/mark-zuckerberg-facebook "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4114354/mark-zuckerberg-success-tips-sheryl-sandberg/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4114354/mark-zuckerberg-success-tips-sheryl-sandberg/"},"headline":"This Story About Marshmallows Explains How Mark Zuckerberg Gets Stuff Done","datePublished":"2015-11-16T15:48:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:06:57.777Z","description":"\"You can't walk away. 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