Adena Friedman Quotes

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It's important to experience as many parts of an organi

It’s important to experience as many parts of an organization as you can – because some day, you may have the chance to lead that organization.
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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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When I was a kid, I’d always wanted to take karate, but my parents wouldn’t let me because I did a lot of other things, including ballet.
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Be the optimist in the room.
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We need to make sure we are constantly staying ahead, thinking about what is coming.
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It’s hard not to take it personally when being wait-listed, passed over for a promotion, or losing a client to a competitor. But while feeling aggrieved may be an understandable reaction, it’s not productive – it’s not a good use of the experience.
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Always be listening and learning.
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A leader who listens is one who is malleable and willing to refine her views and actions as she learns new information or hears a better idea.
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The best thing we can do with rejection is to make it a learning experience – rejection is a great teacher.
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My favorite kick is the roundhouse. I’m very capable of kicking a tall person in the head with a roundhouse.
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I feel like I grew up in the investment business. My dad was at T. Rowe Price his whole career. We lived in Baltimore and had a small social circle, so most of my dad’s friends also worked for T. Rowe.
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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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Rejection should ignite soul-searching, and the soul-searching must be absolutely honest.
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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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Don’t assume that opportunity will come to you. Put yourself forward when there is an opportunity.
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Flat-out, the time I wasn’t working I was spending with the kids and my husband.
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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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I had children very young. You go through a period of immense guilt about being a working mother.
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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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Some companies have a very well-defined program that they bring young people into to help them figure out what they really like to do to get them exposure to senior management early.
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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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To be the best CEO you can be, you have to be passionate about the business you’re running. And I have true passion for the financial markets and the financial industry.
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The ability to have influence and create change and drive the strategy of an organization is really what excites me.
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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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Ideas are only as good as your ability to communicate them.
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I was always first in, last out, but not inefficiently.
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I’ve always been on the business side – running P&L and working with clients.
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Play well with others.
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I like the idea of using all this science and technology to allow for our clients to have a deeper insight into the market.
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I come to work every day thinking I have to earn my job, and I really believe that. I don’t have a given right to my job; I need to prove my value in my role every single day.
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Even the mundane task may have something to teach you – especially if it’s a task you haven‘t performed before.
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We tax our companies more than any other country in the world, so we really are not really encouraging businesses to grow and expand, and over time, that’s going to make it so that we diminish our role in the global economy.
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The companies that choose to list on Nasdaq are among the most innovative, risk-taking businesses in the world, and they are proof to us all that prudent risk-taking drives our economy forward.
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Every time you feel entitled, you’re making a mistake.
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If you really think about the fabric of the United States, or the finance of any economy, finance is a true underpinning of what makes the economy great – if it can be done successfully, responsibly, and with a client orientation.
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I really believe that I’ve been a better parent from being a working mother.
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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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