Name: Most Powerful Women: Julie Sweet
Uploaded: 2026-03-05T16:49:37.000Z
Duration: 2 min 34 s
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Adverbs of frequency

I often share with young people a saying that inspires me, which is if your dreams don't scare you, they're not big enough.

To-infinitive

To get my first job when I had my work permit, I literally went to a local strip mall and I started going store by store.

Past simple

The Elizabeth Howard dinner theater was probably my 10th store that I had walked in and asked if they would be willing to hire a 14 year old.

She'd never hired someone below the age of 21, but

she told me later she was so impressed by this 14 year old who couldn't even drive, coming in and asking for a job that she took a chance.

When I think about my career arc and how I got to the place I am today, I think there's been one theme which is about dreaming big.

So when I was 17, I decided to study Chinese and I moved at the age of 20 to Taiwan and then Beijing.

And I came from a family where no one even had a passport.

I graduated from law school and I joined a law firm with a hundred year history and only one woman corporate partner.

And I became the third seven years later.

Then I moved to Accenture, leaving a really successful career and choosing to become the general counsel at a global company, then becoming CEO of the North America business four years later and now the CEO of our global business.

And in each case it was really about dreaming big.

And I say that because oftentimes people talk about taking risks and I prefer to thinking about these career transitions and pushing myself as dreaming big.

The choice to go from general counsel to CEO was very much about challenging myself and having bigger dreams and the excitement that goes along with that.

But it was also about a choice in how did I think I could make the biggest impact.

Because as I've grown older and been very successful, for me my career is very much about what is the role where I can make the biggest impact.

And I really felt that as CEO that was the opportunity to impact the greatest number of people by leading a great company focused on people, community and clients.