TIAA Chief Executive Officer Thasunda Brown Duckett lives her life like a diversified portfolio: there’s only 100% of her at any given time and she has to allocate her time, effort, and energy strategically to make her life as a high-performing professional, mother, wife, sister, and daughter work. 

To do this, Duckett says write down everything that’s important to you and figure out how to fill your life with those things. On a particular day, you may not be great at every single role you play in life, but over time you will be great. React to market conditions, says Duckett, and over the long haul, you’ll outperform this thing called life and have utter joy because everything that matters to you is present.

TIAA Chief Executive Officer Thasunda Brown Duckett lives her life like a diversified portfolio: there’s only 100% of her at any given time and she has to allocate her time, effort, and energy strategically to make her life as a high-performing professional, mother, wife, sister, and daughter work. 

To do this, Duckett says write down everything that’s important to you and figure out how to fill your life with those things. On a particular day, you may not be great at every single role you play in life, but over time you will be great. React to market conditions, says Duckett, and over the long haul, you’ll outperform this thing called life and have utter joy because everything that matters to you is present.