Caroline Ghosn Quotes
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It can be very challenging to be what you can't see. Think about it in the physical world. You walk into a room, and no one looks like you. Can you relate to them? Do you feel welcome? Let's stop talking about how men dominate the technology industry and instead focus on the women who are killing it.
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You're a smart person. You're going to figure out where you can be more effective and more efficient with your own resources, and that's going to put more of an investment and emphasis on your future.
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The genesis of the Thinking Talent app came from wanting to create a way to scale self-discovery with a framework that we, personally, inside of the company, have used really successfully.
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The issue of women in the workplace is not a women's issue: it's an economic problem.
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I want every single millennial woman to feel like Levo has improved their lives.
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A lot of the magic that is behind success can be unlocked through mentorships. Mentorships are a fundamental part of the success equation.
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A mentor is someone who is willing to give you advice that isn't in the best interest for them. It takes a real mentor to put you first.
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The power of storytelling - of elevating the voices and examples of incredible leaders who have overcome odd after odd - remains absolute.
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Create a list of your intentions for your work. Then research available internships and/or companies that you are attracted to based on that personal North Star. Once that is clear, you begin outreach to people connected to industries you're passionate and/or curious about.
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Impostor syndrome, or feeling like a fraud at work, at home, or anywhere else in your life, will probably affect you at some point.
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I've always known I've wanted to build companies that have a social impact.
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Entrepreneurship is a muscle, and winning is an endurance game.
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Just displaying your resume online, which LinkedIn lets you do, isn't enough.
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The failures that you beat yourself up over are the ones where you experienced warning signs and can connect the dots backwards after the fact.
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Learning to ask is like flexing a muscle. The more you do it, the easier it becomes. I started by learning how to ask for the small things in my life, and eventually I could make the Big Daunting Asks.
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I first began to realize that it was time to leave my job when the sight of my manager's telephone number on my screen made my heart contract and burn.
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I have always been fascinated by entrepreneurship.
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There's this huge taboo around talking about money that we have as a society.
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Run focus groups. Do whatever you need to do to get 8 to 10 people together in a room and put your product in front of them. Ask them how much they would pay for it and whether they would pay for it. It's really important to get user validation early and often.
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Your style can be an artistic part of your personal leadership journey.
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What matters about people is their magnetic leadership, their aptitude for helping those following in their footsteps, and their passion - how they choose to package that is their prerogative.
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You need to be really great at your job. You need a strong network of peers, and you need a strong network of mentors.
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When you dive into being an entrepreneur, you are making a commitment to yourself and to others who come to work with you and become interdependent with you that you will move mountains with every ounce of energy you have in your body.
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Trust your instinct. And if you can't tell what your instinct is telling you, learn how to peel back the noise in your life that is keeping you from hearing it.