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People say to me, 'Has being a woman helped or hindered your career?' And the answer is yes.

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Sallie Krawcheck
Age: 59
Born: 1964
Born: November 28
Businessperson
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Charleston
South Carolina
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I prefer the word engagement. Instead of empowerment, it's enabling women to engage in business.
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Women tend to have a better track record in investing - when they invest - than men do, because they tend to take a longer-term perspective. They tend to trade less. They tend to shift in and out of stocks or mutual funds less often.
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Women tell us that they do feel patronized. They do feel like they don't have the time and the space to have their questions answered.
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You have six math Ph.D. Caucasian gentlemen from the Northeast of the country, great. You put one more in the mix, you haven't added much. It's only when you add something different that you really are able to accomplish more.
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Nothing bad happens when women are in positions of power.
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If it comes down to your ethics vs. a job, choose ethics. You can always find another job.
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Women tend to live longer than men do. Women tend to have, unfortunately, their salaries peaked sooner than men's do. Both of these things are extraordinarily important in putting together financial and investing plans for women.
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In our corporate culture, because someone may have to take some flexibility because of family issues, somehow we continue to believe they aren't fully dedicated.
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The truth is, if you are a woman saving 10% of your income for retirement, and you put it in the bank account, your chances of retiring well - living on 90% of your pre-retirement income for your full life - is 0%.
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If you haven't had a major fail in your career - face-plant level - you aren't trying hard enough.
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There is absolutely nothing that beats hard work.
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Networking is the No. 1 unwritten rule of success in business.
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A computer can have so much more in its brain that a human can.
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When I started on Wall Street, there was pretty good diversity in those junior ranks. And you know what? It hasn't made it to the top.
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Companies that put a mandated parental leave in place save money in the first year, FIRST YEAR. Because they don't have to hire to replace the woman.
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Women, girls and young ladies tend to be as good or better at math than boys, but you didn't think that either.
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I would say one of the reasons that women don't invest to the same extent that men do, is because we still think of it in some ways as a male pursuit.
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I want to buy a house. I want to retire well. I want to have baby.
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How about mandated parental leave.? Oh, okay. Less than 20% of companies in America have it. Most of them think about it as an expense. What's the bigger expense? The bigger expense occurs if women have babies and don't come back to work.
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As we work together and pool our resources, there's room for everyone to be successful.
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