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" When you manage your company for long-term shareholders, and you manage the company for clients, two of the biggest stakeholders, you will make the right decisions. "

Ginni Rometty

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" You make the right decision for the long run. You manage for the long run, and you continue to move to higher value. That's what I think my job is. "

" I learned to always take on things I'd never done before. "

" Above and beyond, not only are we an innovation company, we are in service of our clients. "

" I was always surrounded by people that wanted to mentor you. "

" You need to have a great support around you, people that empathise, understand and yet support, because these CEO jobs are all-consuming. "

" Work on something that matters. Have courage. "

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" You have to stick up for what you believe in. And that, to me, is the biggest thing you can do about driving inclusion. "

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" I strongly believe that through dedication and perseverance, one can overcome adversity to achieve success. It is a privilege to accept membership in the Horatio Alger Association, an organization which promotes this principle. "

" So what it means is when you don't believe in the inevitable, it means you don't expect that that's how things have to turn out. You can change them. "

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" I think health care is absolutely ripe. It's an $8 trillion industry, lots of inefficiency in it. "

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" Just because you started your careers in a certain role, let's say hardware engineering, does not mean you'll end your careers in hardware. "