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 TRUMPWell, my mom was an Olympian, so we have some good genes on that front.
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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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Modeling was not an endgame for me. I didn’t particularly enjoy the act of it.
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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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I was in total shock. I work so close [to home] that I figured I’d return to work and the baby nurse would bring the baby to me, and I’d run home periodically, and I’d make it work. But every two hours? That’s a whole other level. I’ll have to make a nursery at the office.
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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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I think my mom threatened to put me up for adoption a few times.
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Success isn’t something that happens to you; you happen to it.
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I am a very proud daughter. Obviously to be able to see this transpiring, to watch him achieve so much as a politician – and we’re certainly not a family of politicians, and politics is certainly not our family business – it’s been amazing.
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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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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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Everything about mediocrity kills me.
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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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He is extremely loyal to his friends, but he is tougher than anyone if he feels betrayed.
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While I enjoy and have enjoyed great success building my own personal apparel and accessories collections, my greatest passion has and will always be real estate.
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I am very proud of my father and what he’s accomplished. It is amazing.
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I think there are multiple ways to have your voice heard. In some cases, it’s through protest and it’s through going on the nightly news and talking about or denouncing every issue on which you disagree with. Other times it is quietly and directly and candidly.
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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 hate the word surrogate, because what does that mean? Like when people talk about I`m my father’s confident, at one point, they were actually saying major newspapers were publicly were writing that I was Vice Presidential candidate. I`m saying no. I`m a daughter.
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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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Well, my mom was an Olympian, so we have some good genes on that front.
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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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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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If people think they can elicit from me whatever terms they want, they are mistaken.
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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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It’s important to be honest with and respectful of each other and deal with issues as they arrive, as opposed to letting them simmer.
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Working in a family business, which obviously The Trump Organization is, is an incredible thing, but it’s complicated. It’s complex.
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