If I was dealing with a trader, every other word had to be a four-letter word.
You create opportunities by performing, not complaining.
Take stands, take risks, take responsibility.
Do not be afraid to go into uncharted territories. You might find some pretty good things there.
When a door is hard to open, and if nothing else works, sometimes you just have to rear back and kick it open.
But women are coming into Wall Street in large numbers – and they still are not making partner and are not getting into the positions that lead to the executive suites. There’s still an old-boy network. You just have to keep fighting.
I put my head down and charge.
I think in a couple of weeks, the question of all these bad write-offs will be behind us because everybody is going to throw in the towel on bad accounting.
Do your homework all of your life.