Indra Nooyi

"There is nothing like a concrete life plan to weigh you down. Because if you always have one eye on some future goal, you stop paying attention to the job at hand, miss opportunities that might arise, and stay fixedly on one path, even when a better, newer course might have opened up."

- Indra Nooyi

"At the end of the day, don't forget that you're a person, don't forget you're a mother, don't forget you're a wife, don't forget you're a daughter."

- Indra Nooyi

"We’ve got to find ways of confronting the issues that divide – and at the heart of cultural issues, you often find religions."

- Indra Nooyi

"As a CEO, I am finding that I have to become a learning CEO. I have to go to school all the time because I am learning new skills that I need to run this company and I am realizing that I am not equipped to just coast. I have to constantly renew my skills."

- Indra Nooyi

"As a leader, I am tough on myself and I raise the standard for everybody; however, I am very caring because I want people to excel at what they are doing so that they can aspire to be me in the future."

- Indra Nooyi

"The distance between number one and number two is always a constant. If you want to improve the organization, you have to improve yourself and the organization gets pulled up with you."

- Indra Nooyi

"Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader."

- Indra Nooyi

"An important attribute of success is to be yourself. Never hide what makes you, you."

- Indra Nooyi

"Businesses that prioritize conscious consumerism and embed it into their CX strategy will gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace."

- Indra Nooyi

"Investing in your people is the best investment you can make."

- Indra Nooyi

"The world is full of ideas today. If we don’t do it, somebody else is going to do it."

- Indra Nooyi

"When you assume negative intent, you're angry. If you take away that anger and assume positive intent, you will be amazed."

- Indra Nooyi

"If you don’t give people a chance to fail, you won’t innovate. If you want to be an innovative company, allow people to make mistakes."

- Indra Nooyi

"What separates successful people from others is an extra. Ordinary effort is rarely enough."

- Indra Nooyi

"When you assume negative intent, you're angry. If you take away that anger and assume positive intent, you will be amazed. Your emotional quotient goes up because you are no longer almost random in your response."

- Indra Nooyi

"Before blogs, it was all about physical presence. We used to send out videos and audiotapes to communicate. Blogging and the Internet allow us to engage in a lot more real time conversations as opposed to a one-way dump of information or a message."

- Indra Nooyi

"Adaptability isn’t about compromising your values; it’s about staying resilient and learning."

- Indra Nooyi

"Whatever anybody says or does, assume positive intent. You will be amazed at how your whole approach to a person or problem becomes very different."

- Indra Nooyi