Twenty-Two Big Ideas from Powerful Women

amp8220Curiosity and creativity are never far apart You need to be curious to identify problems worth solving and then come up with new solutionsamp8230 Itamp8217s too easy to say amp8216noamp8217 all the time Itamp8217s too easy to be cautious Pushing the boundaries of creativity means saying amp8216yesamp8217 taking risks trying new things learning and being surprisedamp8221Lorraine Twohill Googleamp160amp8220Donamp8217t be intimidated by what you donamp8217t know That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do thinks differently from everyone elseamp8221Sarah Blakely Spanxamp8220Marketingamp8217s job is never doneamp160 Itamp8217s about perpetual motion We must continue to innovate every dayamp8221Beth Comstock GEamp8220I learned always to assume positive intent Whatever anybody says or does assume positive intentquotIndra Nooyi Pepsiamp8220If you create a purpose make sure you deliver on that purposeamp160It is the filter through which you make every decisionamp8221Anne Finucane Bank of Americaamp8220Define success on your own terms achieve it by your own rules and build a life youamp8217re proud to liveamp8221Anne Sweeney formerly at Disneyamp8220I have a theory that burnout is about resentment And you beat it by knowing what it is you39re giving up that makes you resentfulamp8221Marissa Mayer Yahooamp8220What I always say is Do every job you39re in like you39re going to do it for the rest of your life and demonstrate that ownership of itamp8221Mary Barra GMamp8220Growth and comfort do not coexistamp8221Virginia Rometty IBMamp8220Embrace diversity of thought and peopleamp160 Embrace light Shine it to spot the flaws in an idea or innovation before your competition does that for youamp8221Ellen Kullman DuPontamp8220Things happen to you You have to make sure you happen to thingsamp8221Ursula Burns Xeroxamp8220If you have the choice between being bored and being engaged thatamp8217s an easy pickamp160 We work really hard to make sure we take the right risks and try new things because they almost always pay offamp8212and that makes it so much more fun for people to engageamp8221Dana Anderson Mondelez Internationalamp8220How you manage change can make all the differenceamp8221Irene Rosenfeld Modelez Internationalamp8220If it doesnamp8217t scare you youamp8217re probably not dreaming big enoughamp8221Tory Burchamp8220Choose to do less fretting ampamp more doing less wanting and more havingamp8221Jessica Herrin Stella ampamp Dotamp8220A woman with a voice is a by definition a strong womanamp8221Melinda Gates Bill ampamp Melinda Gates Foundationamp8220Itamp8217s less about what you sacrifice and more about what you prioritize The best advice I got early on Only make your family a priorityamp8221Angie Hicks Angieamp8217s ListquotNot that I would have listened but I wish I39d known that it was okay to make mistakes earlier in my career I went on to make some real doozies but I wish that rather than being embarrassed which I was I appreciated it was all part of learning and developing on the jobquotIrene Chang Britt Campbell Soup Companyamp8220When you39re at work as long as we are you need to be inspired by the people you39re with as much as the work itselfamp8221Kristen Lemkau JP Morgan ChasequotItamp8217s not about what I like or what one of my colleagues likes It39s about what the customer wants where she is and how she wants to communicatequotMartine Reardon Macyamp8217s CMOquotIf people really want to move up the career ladder I say take risks Take the toughest most difficult job or project someone can give you because thatamp8217s how you move ahead You take the toughest thorniest thing and you pull it off and that helps you get recognized and get promotedquotStephanie Linnartz MarriottquotBe brave The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistakequotMeg Whitman HPThe opinions and points of view expressed in this commentary are exclusively the views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillageMyersBizNet management or associated bloggersamp160

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