Rebroadcast: Thasunda Brown Duckett on Living Your Life Like a Diversified Portfolio

9 to 5ish with theSkimm

theSkimm

Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Thasunda Brown Duckett, the President and CEO of TIAA, had a “meteoric rise” in the world of finance. As the former head of Chase Consumer Banking, and now as one two Black women who currently leads a Fortune 500 company, she realized early on that “work life balance” was a myth. Instead, Thasunda lives her life like it’s a diversified portfolio, allocating time and shifting her investment in different areas. So over time, she always outperforms. Tune in to learn how. In this episode, Thasunda shares: How to live your life like “a diversified portfolio” Her secret to building relationships at work What it means to “rent your title, own your character” at work Why she almost turned down her dream role What you need to know to prep for retirement Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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