Ivanka Trump on ambition
Ivanka Trump85 quotes“Traditionally women have been more reticent to acknowledge their ambition and to say it with pride. So I like having people who work for us who are ambitious, engaged, respectful. Mis-hiring is a huge mistake. It’s a tremendous opportunity cost throwing the position to the wrong person.”
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I don’t have a strategy. I am my own person. So if people disagree with the opinion of my father and want to dislike me because I’m his daughter, then I’m probably not going to be able to discourage them from that.
Ivanka TrumpIvanka Trump I don’t plan to take a formal, cold approach with my children, but I expect a lot. I don’t want my children to view me as their best friend. I want to be their mom.
Ivanka TrumpIvanka Trump I don’t have a strategy. I am my own person. So if people disagree with the opinion of my father and want to dislike me because I’m his daughter, then I’m probably not going to be able to discourage them from that.
Ivanka TrumpIvanka Trump I don’t plan to take a formal, cold approach with my children, but I expect a lot. I don’t want my children to view me as their best friend. I want to be their mom.
Ivanka TrumpIvanka Trump I don’t have a strategy. I am my own person. So if people disagree with the opinion of my father and want to dislike me because I’m his daughter, then I’m probably not going to be able to discourage them from that.
Ivanka TrumpIvanka Trump I don’t plan to take a formal, cold approach with my children, but I expect a lot. I don’t want my children to view me as their best friend. I want to be their mom.
Ivanka TrumpIvanka Trump Jewelry is incredibly feminine, and reflects the grace and beauty of a women’s style like nothing else.
Ivanka TrumpIvanka Trump I set very bold goals. It’s how I’ve always been. I’m definitely somebody who swings for the fences, and I expect very high performance.
Ivanka TrumpIvanka Trump Having toddlers always means that there’s a fair amount of chaos at home, but that’s part of the fun. And from a work perspective, we have projects under construction all over the world, including many right here in the US.
Ivanka TrumpIvanka Trump I make money because I have to pay for everything apart from my school fees. My mother even makes me pay my own telephone bill.
Ivanka TrumpIvanka Trump Attention to detail is crucial in my roles as a real estate developer and principal of a lifestyle brand. Fine jewelry is especially intricate and requires a very well trained eye.
Ivanka TrumpIvanka Trump Having children has made me incredibly efficient. It’s hard to leave them in the mornings, but I’m extremely productive during the day, knowing I want to be fully focused on them when I get home.
Ivanka TrumpIvanka Trump My father has created an enormous business and he’s created an enormous brand for himself, and I’m contributing to the business that he’s built every day at The Trump Organization
Ivanka TrumpIvanka Trump We’re in a very unique time where noise equals, in a lot of people’s perception, advocacy. And I fundamentally disagree with that.
Ivanka TrumpIvanka Trump Hiring great people is almost the most important thing you can do as a leader because they enable you to scale, and they create better leverage for you and your time.
Ivanka TrumpIvanka Trump My father represents a very interesting challenge to the Republican party. I think this is taking people by surprise. (But) I think that’s why he’s so welcomed by the American voters, because they want somebody who says what they are thinking.
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If you try to keep your most sacred ambitions off of your weekly calendar and your most genuine traits off of your resume, then you’re missing out on the power of real integrity.
Danielle LaPorteDanielle LaPorte A lot of people have the ambition, but they never ask themselves, Do I really believe I can do this?
Brendon BurchardBrendon Burchard Ambition has to be joined with expectancy. A sense that you have a dream for yourself that you believe can happen.
Brendon BurchardBrendon Burchard There’s a starting place. And that starting place for everyone is ambition. We’re all scared of that word today because they made it bad in the late ’80s. As if desire is not a good thing.
Brendon BurchardBrendon Burchard Ambition is the great fire, it’s the liberator of the unconscious person. No goals, no growth; no clarity, no change.
Brendon BurchardBrendon Burchard Become the leader of your life. Lead yourself to where you want to be. Breathe life back into your ambitions, your desires, your goals, your relationships.
Steve MaraboliSteve Maraboli The ambitious are criticized by those that have given up.
Grant CardoneGrant Cardone What great changes have not been ambitious?
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