Suzy Welch famous quotes

04-17-2025

Just keep asking questions. Does this job allow me to be myself? Does it make me smarter? Does it open doors? Does it represent a compromise I accept? Does it touch my inner being?
-- Suzy Welch

#Jobs #Doors #Asking Questions
It used to be you rose up through the ranks, and by the time you got a job as a boss, you had done the work of everybody beneath you....
-- Suzy Welch

#Jobs #Rose #Boss
We call it your area of destiny. We urge people to build their careers at that intersection of what they're uniquely good at ... and what you love to do....
-- Suzy Welch

#Destiny #Careers #People
It's a choice that you make and there's consequences. It's something you have to own.
-- Suzy Welch

#Choices #Consequence
We are perfectionists. We are hungry to work all the time. We are entertained by every aspect of business and we never want to stop working.
-- Suzy Welch

#Hard Work #Want #Hungry
I knew I was going to be a journalist, and that was it.. full stop.
-- Suzy Welch

#Determination #Journalist
When I first met Jack, I was terrified of him. I wasn't expecting a fun, laughing, enjoyable, exciting guy. I walked into his office like most people, with my knees knocking together. I was scared.
-- Suzy Welch

#Fun #Power #Laughing
Ask yourself: Does the job touch my heart and feed my soul? You will never be what you were meant to be if you aren't having fun.
-- Suzy Welch

#Jobs #Fun #Heart
You should ask for a performance evaluation. Ask your boss, where do I stand? I need to know what I can do better and what I'm doing well.
-- Suzy Welch

#Boss #Needs #Evaluation
You've got to dig in [and learn about things you don't know] if you want to stay in the conversation.
-- Suzy Welch

#Want #Conversation #Knows
Most people don't know where they stand. One day their boss gives them an eye roll, and it can set back their whole day. It causes enormous stress.
-- Suzy Welch

#Stress #Eye #People
I love the way business works, when there's a crisis or a scandal, there is blood on the floor. Somebody pays, people are held accountable, that's just not politics.
-- Suzy Welch

#Blood #People #Pay
Embedded reputations - that's one of the most daunting dynamics that can happen. You start as a secretary, or assistant, and you have that plastered on your forehead. My advice is that you have to do something - change companies, get a degree, or go to a training program. Or ask to be on a very hard assignment or project that no one else wants. You can do it, but it doesn't happen without true exertion.
-- Suzy Welch

#Advice #Training #Degrees
I think in a way nobody doesn't work anymore. Even moms who say, 'I am out of the workforce.' They may be writing mommy blogs with no expectation of making money, but they are building an onramp for when they do go back.
-- Suzy Welch

#Mom #Writing #Thinking

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