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'Salaam, Noni Appa' tells the beautiful story of the elderly Noni Appa, who finds love in the twilight of her life. The Noni Appa story gives you hope.
Twinkle Khanna
Life
Love
Beautiful
Hope
You
Tells
Finds
Gives
Story
Elderly
Who
Twilight
Her
In Italy, they say rain on your wedding day is symbolic of fresh beginnings, cleansing, a pure marriage, and also a wet knot that can't be untied.
Whitney Wolfe Herd
Day
Rain
Marriage
Pure
Say
Wedding
Cleansing
Knot
Also
Fresh
Italy
Wet
Beginnings
Your
They Say
Symbolic
I demand a lot from myself and reflect this attitude upon others: I consider it to be an important quality for a leader. I also think it is impossible to achieve success without persistence.
Yelena Baturina
Success
Attitude
Myself
Persistence
Quality
Impossible
Achieve
Leader
Important
Reflect
Think
Others
Consider
Demand
Also
Without
Lot
Crankiness is a human attribute that, when people walk in the door of Xerox, they remain human. The best way to get the best out of people is to not force them to be something other than they naturally are. Now what do they have to be? They have to be respectful. You can't be ridiculously disrespectful.
Ursula Burns
Best
You
People
Walk
Other
Way
Respectful
Out
Best Way
Something
Remain
Force
Xerox
Attribute
Than
Get
Human
Door
Them
Naturally
Ridiculously
Now
Disrespectful
At the end of the day, you know yourself best.
Abigail Johnson
Best
Day
You
Yourself
End Of The Day
Know
Know Yourself
End
No matter how senior you get in an organization, no matter how well you're perceived to be doing, your job is never done. Every day, you get up and the world is changing; your customers are expecting more from you. Your competitors are putting pressure on you by doing more and trying to beat you here and beat you there.
Abigail Johnson
Day
You
Every Day
World
Matter
Organization
Job
Pressure
Every
Changing
Perceived
More
Beat
Never
Putting
Well
How
Doing
Up
Get
Trying
Expecting
Done
Senior
Customers
Your
Here
Competitors
Even a small reduction in errors and rework can have a significant impact.
Abigail Johnson
Significant
Impact
Small
Reduction
Errors
Even
I was raised to believe that New England is the best place on the planet.
Abigail Johnson
Best
Believe
New
New England
Place
Planet
England
Raised
When computer systems cause errors, you can end up with The Dreaded NIGO - the 'not in good order' transaction.
Abigail Johnson
Good
You
Cause
Dreaded
Systems
Computer
End
Errors
Up
Transaction
Order
We need to come up with use cases for this technology that drive clear benefits for individuals and institutions - these are our customers. Too often we see bitcoin and blockchain technologies as solutions in search of a problem. We don't just need these systems to be technically better than the alternatives - we need them to be more user-friendly.
Abigail Johnson
Technology
Problem
Benefits
Bitcoin
Better
Technically
Drive
Blockchain
Too
Our
Systems
Solutions
See
Cases
More
Clear
Individuals
Come
Institutions
Alternatives
Up
Than
Often
Just
Them
Customers
Use
User-Friendly
Search
Technologies
Need
Every day, you get up, and the world is changing; your customers are expecting more from you. Your competitors are putting pressure on you by doing more and trying to beat you here and beat you there.
Abigail Johnson
Day
You
Every Day
World
Pressure
Every
Changing
More
Beat
Putting
Doing
Up
Get
Trying
Expecting
Customers
Your
Here
Competitors
Returns matter a lot. It's our capital.
Abigail Johnson
Matter
Our
Returns
Lot
Capital
Your results are very quantifiable. And nobody can take those results away from you. They are yours... All of that, I think, is very good for women.
Abigail Johnson
Good
You
Women
Think
Those
Results
Take
Nobody
Very
Your
Yours
Away
I'm a believer. I'm one of the few standing before you today from a large financial services company that has not given up on digital currencies.
Abigail Johnson
Today
You
Financial
Digital
Before
Few
Financial Services
Given
Up
Standing
Large
Company
Believer
Services
Rejection should ignite soul-searching, and the soul-searching must be absolutely honest.
Adena Friedman
Rejection
Must
Absolutely
Should
Ignite
Honest
You never stop learning.
Adena Friedman
You
Learning
Never
Never Stop
Stop
I've always been on the business side - running P&L and working with clients.
Adena Friedman
Business
Side
Running
Clients
Always
Been
Working
Business Side
We have the Nasdaq private market. But we also want to make sure that every investor has an opportunity to ultimately join in growth and the success of these great companies that we have that have been formed in the United States.
Adena Friedman
Success
Great
Opportunity
Every
Market
States
Join
Investor
Also
Make
Sure
Private
Been
Ultimately
Want
Formed
Companies
United
United States
Growth
If someone gives you an opportunity, you better maximize it so that he wants to give you the next one.
Adena Friedman
You
Better
Opportunity
Someone
Give
Gives
He
Maximize
Wants
Next
You need to have a lot of human judgment involved in the financial industry in terms of risk management, in terms of investment decisions, and things that really allow us to blend the best of technology and the human brain.
Adena Friedman
Best
You
Technology
Management
Financial
Judgment
Risk
Risk Management
Allow
Investment
Blend
Involved
Terms
Industry
Brain
Lot
Human
Human Brain
Decisions
Us
Really
Things
Need
By definition, risk exposes businesses to danger.
Adena Friedman
Danger
Definition
Risk
Businesses
The companies that choose to list on Nasdaq are among the most innovative, risk-taking businesses in the world, and they are proof to us all that prudent risk-taking drives our economy forward.
Adena Friedman
World
Innovative
Our
Proof
Risk-Taking
Drives
Economy
Most
Prudent
List
Us
Choose
Businesses
Forward
Companies
Among
Entry-level jobs are excellent opportunites to educate young women about the realities of the financial world and can prepare them for the next move up within the firm or another area of the financial industry.
Adena Friedman
Women
World
Financial
Young
Jobs
About
Area
Excellent
Firm
Industry
Another
Within
Educate
Up
Move
Realities
Them
Young Women
Next
Prepare
Regardless of how or where you enter Wall Street, use your inherent skills and strengths to succeed.
Adena Friedman
You
Enter
How
Wall
Wall Street
Where
Regardless
Succeed
Skills
Use
Your
Inherent
Street
Strengths
It's important to experience as many parts of an organization as you can - because some day, you may have the chance to lead that organization.
Adena Friedman
Day
You
Experience
Organization
Important
Some
Lead
Parts
Because
May
Many
Chance
A leader who listens is one who is malleable and willing to refine her views and actions as she learns new information or hears a better idea.
Adena Friedman
Better
Leader
Willing
Idea
New
She
Learns
New Information
Hears
Refine
Malleable
Listens
Information
Views
Who
Actions
Her
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