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.
IVANKA TRUMPEverything about mediocrity kills me.
More Ivanka Trump Quotes
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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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As President, my father will change the labor laws that were put into place at a time when women were not a significant portion of the workforce. And he will focus on making quality child care affordable and accessible for all.
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Well, my mom was an Olympian, so we have some good genes on that front.
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There are enough stories about my family. We have all been in the public eye.
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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.
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Modeling was not an endgame for me. I didn’t particularly enjoy the act of it.
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I’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.
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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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So it’s exciting for me to be able to be with him [my father, Donald trump] for major moments and stand by his side, and I’m very proud of him as a daughter and as somebody who’s worked beside him for the past decade at The Trump Organization.
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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.
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We all have different perspectives but we tend not to disagree with each other very often in terms of where we want to get or where we want to be. So it’s been amazing working with my brothers.
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If people think they can elicit from me whatever terms they want, they are mistaken.
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I generally wake up, exercise and read through a huge amount of newspapers. I get to the office somewhere between 7:30 and 8:00 – my brothers and I are always the first ones in.
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I am very proud of my father and what he’s accomplished. It is amazing.
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I’ve also built my own business, and obviously it’s a brand that I’ve built and it’s wholly owned by me and something that certainly my experience observing him and working with him and for him has informed how I make business decisions around my brand. But it’s my company.
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It’s so important for jewelry has to be versatile. The statement piece is no longer just that. One day it’s a statement and the next it’s merely an accent to a great pair of shoes or a stunning handbag. Adaptability is key.
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Real estate is my life. It is my day job, if you will. But it consumes my nights and weekends, too.
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I’ve never lived in a building without my name on it.
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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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Fashion is meant to be fun.
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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.
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I’d love to have three or four kids. But my mom always says: “Speak to me after you have your first”.
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New media is an amazing form of direct marketing in that you really get a sense of who your customer is, and you also get to know those people who may not be your customers yet but are aspirational and are hoping to be.
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We’re in a very unique time where noise equals, in a lot of people’s perception, advocacy. And I fundamentally disagree with that.
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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.
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