We don't recognize the power of compounding. Sallie Krawcheck More Quotes by Sallie Krawcheck More Quotes From Sallie Krawcheck The only time in my career I've lost sleep - wake up 3:30 in the morning, and you know you're not going back to sleep - is when I've been an entrepreneur. Even in the financial crisis. Sallie Krawcheck yousleeptimemorning I love to talk. I love to share. I love to vent. But I prefer action. Sallie Krawcheck talkshareactionlove I wish I had known that that process of figuring out what you're good at, what you want to do, and where you want to have an impact is not a one-time exercise, but an ongoing one. Instead, I bought into success being an endpoint rather than a constant process. Sallie Krawcheck goodyouwishsuccess If you aren't committed to diversity of thought, you have no business launching a startup. Sallie Krawcheck thoughtyoudiversitybusiness Assume the best intent in others around you. You will often be right, and even when you're not, people can rise to your view of them. Not always, but enough that I believe it's worth it. Sallie Krawcheck bestyoubelievepeople Investing isn't a game to be won. At the end of the day, it's a way to achieve your big goals, like buying that home, starting that business, and retiring on your own terms. Sallie Krawcheck goalsdaybusinesshome I've taken a few public hits in my career, and I never hid the pain of it from my children. Nor did I hide the regrouping and rethinking that occurred after each one. After all, that process allowed me to re-emerge and go on to build a more impactful - and more engaging - career path than the one I had been knocked off of. Sallie Krawcheck mepainpathchildren In the old world of business, there was often just one seat at the leadership table for women, two at best. That meant that only so many women could advance. But in a world where women recognize the power that they own - and where technology can upend the traditional rules of engagement - one woman winning doesn't mean another loses. Sallie Krawcheck besttechnologybusinessleadership The whole icon of a bull that stands for Wall Street - you couldn't come up with an image of a more male environment. Women feel that the brand doesn't speak to them. Sallie Krawcheck feelyouwomenspeak If you are a senior woman in business, you intuitively know two things: If a white man promotes a woman or a person of color, he gets credit for it. If a woman says great things about a woman, you get dinged for it. Research is clear on this. Sallie Krawcheck womanyoumanbusiness Women bring some great qualities to work. We bring risk-awareness. We bring a greater focus on relationships. We bring more holistic decision-making than gentlemen do. We bring a more long-term perspective than gentlemen do. We tend to look for meaning and purpose in our jobs to a greater degree than gentlemen do. Sallie Krawcheck womenperspectivefocuswork If you are going to fire this person or hire that person, do it all in a concentrated period. The Band-Aid gets ripped off, and everybody goes back to work. Sallie Krawcheck backyoufirework
