Sallie Krawcheck Quotes

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

My career was quite unusual, so my main advice to someone interested in a career similar to my own is to remain open to change and new opportunities. I like to tell students that the jobs I took after my Ph.D. were not in existence only a few years before.

Your post-college years should be an exploratory time in your professional life. From your early twenties and on into your early thirties, you should feel free to explore your professional prospects. Keep an open mind, and don't expect to get everything right straight out of the gate. Be prepared to start over once or twice.

My proudest thing in my career is that I was able to change it three times. And I'm happy about that. I couldn't have done the same thing my whole life; I would've gone nuts. I couldn't do it, because I do things based on impulsive excitement, and I'm just not that guy that can do something for 50 years and be excited about the same thing.

Every successful career I've ever known was filled with long periods of meandering, months or even years when no one knew what would happen next. Look at me: I started as a geology major turned failed realtor.

I started out as a lawyer and came in laterally to Goldman Sachs. So I learned myself that life is unpredictable. That you really should, in terms of your career, try to be excellent at what you're doing. I think if you focus on your job, and you focus on being broad in the context of your job, the next jobs follow from that.

I have been constantly shaping and reshaping my career. I laid a foundation by doing respectful work in all media. And I am happy with what I have done.

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

You know, I consistently change in my own life so the roles I'm suitable for also change, and that's a really nice thing about this profession.

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.

Nothing is written in stone, as a career is an unpredictable journey.

We need to have a better balance between a deliberate strategy and staying open. Because in the end, most of us end up being successful in a career that we never imagined we would be in at the beginning.

My career keeps shifting; I keep doing the next thing and it keeps growing.

I don't think I've ever had a real desire to pick out any particular role - I just see what comes up.

I tend to change research direction every few years or so.

I have never been choosy throughout my career.

Some players have to change their game in their careers. I did, and I like it.

I've had a lot of starts and stops as far as my career is concerned, but I think what I am able to do is to put things into perspective.

I'm open to all opportunities.

I'm not sure if career can be planned.

I won an award for my debut film. However, my career went up and down after that but I kept getting work. I did whatever excited me and did not think which role or film will change my career.

Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.

If you thought when you got your job at 20 that it would never change you were misinformed. Retrain yourself to be curious.

I've always wanted to go where the work was or where I was wanted. The idea that it can be planned is one I let go of a long time ago.

Let's play with the career, if we can't find anything else to do