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I'm hoping that other people can learn from me, both the mistakes I've made or the opportunities I've had, or for the decisions I've made: for instance, not to go and take a lot of different jobs in a lot of different places, but to stay in one place for most of my career.

I'm hoping that other people can learn from me, both the mistakes I've made or the opportunities I've had, or for the decisions I've made: for instance, not to go and take a lot of different jobs in a lot of different places, but to stay in one place for most of my career.


Adena Friedman  Adena Friedman
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Adena T. Friedman (born 1969) is an American businessperson. She currently serves as the president and CEO of Nasdaq.[1] She was formerly the managing director and CFO of The Carlyle Group. In May 2014, it was announced that Friedman would return to NASDAQ OMX as the president of global corporate and information technology solutions.[2] In November 2016, she was named the CEO of NASDAQ.[3]

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In 1998, Nasdaq started a project called Next Nasdaq - or what Nasdaq was going to become - and they decided to handpick some of the up-and-comers. I was chosen as one of the people. It was a great opportunity for me and, I guess, a reflection of the fact that I was seen as someone who was developing her career pretty well.

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I had children very young. You go through a period of immense guilt about being a working mother.

    Adena Friedman  Adena Friedman   
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I really believe that I've been a better parent from being a working mother.

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I have been measured on my merit and on my accomplishments.

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Be the optimist in the room.

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Ideas are only as good as your ability to communicate them.

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My favorite kick is the roundhouse. I'm very capable of kicking a tall person in the head with a roundhouse.

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I would like to be known as a great leader, not as a great woman leader.

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