“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.”
"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
Awareness
"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
Teamwork
"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
Learning
"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
Leadership
"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
"There is beauty in the Beast, just as there is darkness in the most perfect human."
- Beauty and the Beast
Balance
"When you leave work on Friday, leave work. Don’t let technology follow you throughout your weekend (answering text messages and emails). Take a break. You will be more refreshed to begin the workweek if you have had a break."
- Catherine Pulsifer
Balance
"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving."
- Albert Einstein
Balance
"Make your Tuesday as productive as possible, but don’t forget to enjoy the journey."
Balance
"You can’t always hold on to the things that are important. By letting them go we gain something else."
- Kunio Yaobi
Balance