On other people:

  • “Single biggest asset you will have through your careers are your peer relationships…People that I have started out with have come back into my life over the years.”
  • “Long term career allies are your peers sitting next to you.”
  • ‘Help your peers & make them feel you will pay this forward & they’ll be credited.”
  • Lyne saved Jack from dying in the 1st ep of Lost “8 million American women were gonna turn the television off…you have to put yourself in the place of the viewer.”
  • “I love one on one conversations…I like to understand what drives people. I’ve always been a critical reader.”

On getting started:

  • “If I was starting I would prefer to be at a startup…They’re always understaffed. Understaffed organizations create opportunity.”

On being well rounded and true to yourself:

  • “Your resume should only be one piece of what you bring…you’ve got to have self knowledge of what you’re really good at”
  • “I would urge all of you to do is not to focus just on your experiences, but what you think you’re good at.”

On iPads: “People shop more on their iPads during the weekend.”

How getting fired can be a blessing:

  • “What if this is an opportunity? What do I wanna do as opposed to reacting to offers?”
  • “Being fired helped me to self-direct instead of react, and led to my first CEO job.”
  • “Surviving being fired is one of the defining moments for me.”

On flexibility and finding a career:

  • “The ability to make changes and start something new doesn’t end when your 30, you can do it when you’re 60.”
  • “I found something that I was good at and that I loved doing. It sounds like a simple idea.”
  • “I could move industry to industry. Bring the talents that were mine alone and make an impact there.”
  • “What’s the white space there?
  • “I found something I like and I’m going to jump.”

On being the boss:

  • “Big difference between being a part of the leadership team and having the final say. You have to own the decision making.”
  • “You won’t always make the right decision but you need to stand by it so it gives people direction to move in.”
  • “Susan, I don’t buy a dog and bark for it.” Rupert Murdoch to Susan when she launched Premiere Magazine.