Adena Friedman Quotes
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New products, new markets, new investors, and new ways of doing things are the lifeblood of growth. And while each innovation carries potential risk, businesses that don't innovate will eventually diminish.
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If someone gives you an opportunity, you better maximize it so that he wants to give you the next one.
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One of many strengths that I often see in successful women on Wall Street is a responsible balance between risk taking and risk mitigation - the ability to assess situations smartly and make the right medium-to-long-term decisions without being lured into reckless, short-term profit-taking.
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I just think of myself as a hard-working person who loves my job.
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You never stop learning.
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Regardless of how or where you enter Wall Street, use your inherent skills and strengths to succeed.
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If it's a cliche to say that intellectual curiosity keeps your mind sharp, your senses alert, and your capabilities cutting-edge, that's because it's true.
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We need to make sure we are constantly staying ahead, thinking about what is coming.
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I have been measured on my merit and on my accomplishments.
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Ideas are only as good as your ability to communicate them.
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We definitely are a supporter of lowering corporate income tax and managing through the reprehension of cash for companies because we do think that'll give them more ammunition to grow their businesses and expand what they do.
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Always be listening and learning.
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By definition, risk exposes businesses to danger.
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Listen to clients, employees, and peers and stay open to their ideas, feedback, and answers. Doing so is vital to the success of any leader.
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Nasdaq is investing in the technologies, talent, and capabilities that solve the complex challenges our clients face.
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Nobody gets through life without experiencing some form of rejection, which is why everybody knows how awful it feels.
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I would like to be known as a great leader, not as a great woman leader.
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I'm hoping that other people can learn from me, both the mistakes I've made or the opportunities I've had, or for the decisions I've made: for instance, not to go and take a lot of different jobs in a lot of different places, but to stay in one place for most of my career.
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I really believe that I've been a better parent from being a working mother.
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If you're not making use of even the most routine assignment to learn something, realize that many of your colleagues and coworkers are.
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Empowering those around you to be heard and valued makes the difference between a leader who simply instructs and one who inspires.
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Don't assume that opportunity will come to you. Put yourself forward when there is an opportunity.
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I had children very young. You go through a period of immense guilt about being a working mother.
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I was always first in, last out, but not inefficiently.