Sandra Bernhard Quotes

For me, if I knew that I wanted to be a CEO and I set that final destination right up front, that helped me develop a career track.

As you build your career, you know where you want to go. I'm definitely moving towards films. That's definitely a goal. I'm definitely going to put it out there.

A career is forward planning.

You base your career on success.

I spent 26 years in the business without ever knowing what I was doing a month from now.

I am hoping for a long career.

I didn't really chart things out, career-wise.

I always believe that, as you start out, while you should have a big dream - a big goal - but it's also important to move step by step. So, you know, frankly, if you ask me, when I started as a management trainee in 1984, I don't know that I really thought that I would become the CEO.

Have a goal. Know where you want to end up. Knowing where you want to end up is a lot easier than figuring out how to start and how to get there. You will figure out how to get there. Do not chart your career. Trust me; you do not want to chart your career.

I want to have a long career.

I have a very clear idea of what kind of career I want and the choices I need to make to get there.

I look at goals, like, what do I want to do and where do I want to see myself. What position to I want to be in going forward.

I had always wanted a top spot, ever since I came to Japan in 2008.

I want to have a career in 10, 20 years, so it's harder now, and maybe more stressful now, but in the future, hopefully it will all pay off.

I think, in anyone's career, you have to map out some sort of strategy of steps that take you closer to the career you want.

Some people are very ambitious and plan their whole careers, but I am not that kind of a person.

I know where I want to get to, and I know where I want to be still in my career.

I always focus on what is next in my career.

Many people don't have an internal vision to go after something, fight for something, make a plan. So the biggest thing is - until you get picked up by a major label or until something breaks, you need to plan out what your dream is going to be.

I don't have a career plan. I've never done that. Things happen accidentally and I've been lucky.

Don't just let your career happen to you. You need to be strategic about how you define your leadership journey and where that takes you.

I didn't have any career design. I was not thinking about publishing or doing a record. I was just working. I was evolving. I wanted to really comprehend what I was doing before stepping too far out.

There are many things I want, and the only way I will get them is to keep my head down, listen to the right people and work hard

I watched the Oscars, but there wasn't a side of me that was like "Oh, one day..." It was mostly "This is what I want to do, and how do I do it?" As soon as I decided that I was going to be an actor, for about five years after that, I just decided to not do much acting. It was like "Okay, this is what you're going to be later on."

I think a lot of people try to plan things in their career. They feel like, If I don't get this done by the time I'm thirty, everything's over. But I've worked with a lot of people whose careers shot to the top later in life.