Indra Nooyi Quotes
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When I talk football with my friends, I don't talk about Tom Brady's hair. I talk about how he handles the blitz, or how he runs his offense. I talk as a fan. I don't want pink jerseys, and I don't want dumbed-down content. I want to be treated as a real fan - because I am proud to be one.
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When I came to America in 1978, I was a huge sports fan - the problem was, my sport was cricket. Shockingly enough, no one wanted to talk cricket with me!
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To be a CEO is a calling. You should not do it because it is a job. It is a calling, and you have got to be involved in it with your head, heart and hands. Your heart has got to be in the job; you got to love what you do; it consumes you. And if you are not willing to get into the CEO job that way, there is no point getting into it.
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Every year in consulting is like three years in the corporate world because you have multiple clients, multiple issues - you grow so much.
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I have an immigrant mentality, which is that the job can be taken away at any time, so make sure you earn it every day...immigrants come here they have no safety net-zero. I landed here with $500 in my pocket. I had no one here to pay for me.
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Food service is a growth area for PepsiCo.
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Each and every one of us has unknowingly played a part in the obesity problem.
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As a CEO, I am finding that I have to become a learning CEO. I have to go to school all the time because I am learning new skills that I need to run this company and I am realising that I am not equipped to just coast, I have to constantly renew my skills.
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I read every country's perspective on an issue. I also play many games like Bridge, Scrabble and Sudoku online.
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I am a mother first, then a CEO and then a wife.
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Bring together what is good for business with what is good for the world.
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moot issue is that we should talk about is not just lessons in leadership or what the leaders need to do today but what can India do to bring those leaders back to India, so India itself can become an even more powerful economy going forward.
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Our hope is that whosoever is in power, manages this country consistently for all the potential the country has.
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Turbulence is the beginning of a fruitful process of transformation.
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There were many times that I felt like a fish out of water, times that I really said to myself, 'do I even fit in'.
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Aristotle once said that the unexamined life is not worth living. I think it's time to examine what we do once more in the spirit of a critical friend. Let's pause for a moment to consider what we need to examine.