Reshma Saujani Quotes

I'm just focused on exploring new opportunities.

It's been the work that has carried me and I never wanted to rest on my laurels or go back and do what I done before.

I don't plan a career. That doesn't work for me. I just have to go with my gut.

Everybody's career has ups and downs. I like to take chances; I don't like to stand still. And I don't give a damn what the market is interested in; I want to try things.

I don't really know how to build a career or what to do. But I have the instinct to keep doing different things so people can see different things.

I'm willing to role the dice with my career to be different.

I'm consumed with tech - medical, computational, impossible tech. So, I don't know exactly what I'll wind up doing, where I'll go with all this schooling, but I'm willing that it be better than my dogmatic vision of it all.

I'm more interested in where I'll be in five or 10 years than where I am now.

When I was in the eighth grade, I wrote this huge long paper about how I had no idea what I was gonna do with my life, but that I wanted to make a difference and touch even if it was like one person's life... inspire them.

My path has not been determined. I shall have more experiences and pass many more milestones.

I don't really know if I want to do acting as a career. I really don't know what I want to do yet.

In 10 years, I don't really know what I'll be, and I like not having any idea. I like the idea of being so passionate about everything I do and the fact that I might wake up tomorrow and say 'I want to be a chef,' and just pour myself into that.

The worst question is, 'Where do you see yourself in five years?' I don't know. Variety is the spice of life. That's the best way to describe it.

For the majority of my career, I've been surprised that I've been able to sustain any kind of a plan. I was always happy to have the job, and I was having a good time. I was growing. But I don't feel all that strongly about my work.

I have always tried to stay current.

What really turns me on about technology is not just the ability to get more songs on MP3 players. The revolution - this revolution - is much bigger than that. I hope, I believe. What turns me on about the digital age, what excites me personally, is that you have closed the gap between dreaming and doing.

I'm thrilled with how my career is evolving.

I never said to be like me, I say to be like you and make a difference.

I envy children who know that they're going to become doctors, know they're going to go into the forces or whatever. I think choice is one of the hardest things, but that's what I try to give my children, to say you can do anything.

It is important to nurture any new ideas and initiatives which can make a difference for Africa.

A lot of people in the technology space love the idea of a solving a problem.

One of the things I'm most proud of about my career is the fact I've managed to keep options open.

If you knew what you wanted to be when you were 6 years old - great! If you have no idea what you want to be, that's OK!

We want to show how technology can be applied to fix our problems. We need to celebrate not just success but to celebrate people who make a difference. It starts with people who do things for love, with no expectation of return. Some of that turns into enormous financial success, and then some of it goes back into doing it for love.

I'm an optimist about the power of technology to transform lives for the better.