与各界女强人们的对话

They are mothers. My passion is I have to say my kids. Models. They were like, oh, no, you can never become a successful model because you are a black girl. Media moguls and movers and shakers.

I rule the company with my head heart and hands. Women who rule the world.

What do you rule?

I rule Ann Taylor. I run PepsiCo. I am the secretary of health in human services. I rule BT Networks. Right now probably just my household and even my husband would probably question that.

We sat down with some of FORTUNE magazine's 50 most powerful women and their Feature Speakers. Many of them CEOs and yet their take on the big issues starting with any words of wisdom for President Obama.

What do you think about the Obama's administration's economic policies. Is it good or, is it good for big businesses like yours?

The health care reform is gonna be tough for a lot of big businesses. This administration needs to do a lot more and understand business a little bit more and I think with Larry Summer's leaving and some of the other turnover in the White House. Maybe this is an opportunity to get more business leaders involved in the discussion.

Getting into the discussion has meant figuring out how to punch through the glass sealing. I think I think slightly differently but I think I think differently than other women, not just than other men so I try not to make it a gender situation. Knowing your subject matter and being the expert. I bring a lot of the emotion to work. I look at all of my employees in PepsiCo as members of my family. To find people telling me that I couldn't do it, you know, it's been like that throughout my entire career and it used to frustrate me and now it excites me.

The excitement comes from following their passion. For some it was instilled early in life.

My dad managed an office when I was five and I grew up thinking that's what people did. They, you know went door to door put up the Yard Sign. They let you sold the cupcake for recovering? I did I did. I was about eight years old and my parents were always very active in the community. For others, it was a harder struggle to be on top. I was very strategic in figuring out how to break through and I was like just be yourself. Also being myself has to do with gaining a little weight.

As mothers and wives, balancing professional success with family life mean sacrificing.

We've been married for 35 years and we were sort of at that commuter marriage. I tried to leave there by 5 or 5:30 at night because I really want to have dinner with my boys.

So any advice to young women today?

I think women have to be willing to take a few more risks. To not be ashamed of your dreams, not be ashamed to be one of the best. One thing they all have in common is they love what they do.

To me you know even the CEO and I think it's true for all CEOs today. Work is life, life is work. We actually love it, I love my job.

If your job is hanging out with P.Diddy. What do you do for fun?

That's a good question. I guess my job is fun, you know, I enjoy it.

We have a lot from these women and other interesting people who I interview for our new cnn White House Blog which will be introducing in a week's ahead. Suzanne Malveaux,cnn, the White House.