I’d love to have three or four kids. But my mom always says: “Speak to me after you have your first”.
IVANKA TRUMPI’m so grateful to my parents for my upbringing and for all of the opportunities that I was provided with, but I also learned at a young age that success is not given, it is earned and that has always been something that motivates me.
More Ivanka Trump Quotes
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Work is changing for men as much as it is for women.
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I respect the fact that Donald Trump always listens. It’s how he was in business. It’s how he is as president.
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You realize in life, not that many things matter that much, but your choice of a spouse is everything.
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The issues in America are so big, and the problems are enormously complicated. But I am incredibly confident in Donald Trump to be able to execute on his promise to the people who elected him.
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Well, my mom was an Olympian, so we have some good genes on that front.
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My mom grew up in the Soviet Bloc, and she was a Tiger Mom. We didn’t get away with much.
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It’s always a huge red flag for me when somebody’s reticent or reluctant or a little slow in providing thoughtful references that are a testament to them as a person and their professional accomplishments.
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Fashion is meant to be fun.
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In both business and personal life, I’ve always found that travel inspires me more than anything else I do. Evidence of the languages, cultures, scenery, food, and design sensibilities that I discover all over the world can be found in every piece of my jewelry.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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If people think they can elicit from me whatever terms they want, they are mistaken.
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Everything about mediocrity kills me.
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I’ve never lived in a building without my name on it.
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There are enough stories about my family. We have all been in the public eye.
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It’s important to get in the habit of growing as a human being, developing and refining leadership and management skills and entrepreneurial instincts and changing to accommodate the times.
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To the extent I can, I try to maintain a laser focus on what needs to get done from a priority standpoint. And not just from an urgency standpoint, but from a value-added standpoint. So where can I add the most value? Where is my time best spent?
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I probably not as likely to say what’s on my mind, and I think most people aren’t. It’s not something I would want to always be doing. So that’s why I’m not a politician.
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I think my mom threatened to put me up for adoption a few times.
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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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If there’s one single thing that I do every single time, it’s require references and, ideally, at least one reference from every company they’ve worked at.
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I hate having people sit in on meetings.
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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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My father values talent. He recognizes real knowledge and skill when he finds it. He is color blind and gender neutral. He hires the best person for the job, period.
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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.
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