Aggression is one of the last dirty words in our culture.

You can be crass, you can be rude, you can even be profane, but, oh, aggressive, don't be

aggressive, except it's wrong, dead wrong.

I promise you nothing of meaning and transcendence will come into your life passively.

It's time for you to get into the arena to push back against a passive, mediocre existence.

I'm Brian Toam.

This is the aggressive life.

I'm your host, Brian Tome, and today I'm going to have a very special guest.

She's very special because she's a she, the very first guests we've had in our inaugural run at the aggressive life.

This is not a man podcast, just so happens that I'm a man and all of our guests to date have been men.

Today, I've got Teresa Tanner.

You might say, who is Teresa Tanner? Teresa Tanner is, was a banker. A banker, you might

say, a banker. What does a banker have to do with the aggressive life? What does a banker have to do

who's always fretting that something might go wrong and making sure everything is conservative?

What do they have to tell us about aggression?

Well, I'll tell you what, if there was a banker who had something to tell us about aggression, it would be one who is named the most powerful woman in banking.

An actual award. The most powerful woman in banking. An actual award, the most powerful woman in banking. Her name is Teresa

Tanner. Welcome to the aggressive life. Thank you, Brian. I'm glad to be here. And what does one

have to do to get named the most powerful woman in banking? I don't know what one has to do,

but it is actually one of 25 most powerful women in banking? I don't know what one has to do, but it is actually one of 25 most powerful

women in banking, and it's across the U.S. And we really looked towards C-suite executive women

that can pave the way for others and drive significant change in their organization and for the

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