Caroline Ghosn Quotes
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Fashion doesn't boost my confidence - rather, it provides a canvas to express or reflect it and whatever is influencing me in my life at the moment.
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The busier you get, and the more forward-looking you become, the more difficult it is to actually acknowledge and gain strength and inspiration from the things you've already accomplished, which can become problematic when you're in a startup.
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As CEO of Levo, a millennial-focused career platform, I'm fascinated by how others turn their passion into success.
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Whenever you have to figure out things that aren't explicit, like in salary negotiations, you see differences in how women and people of color succeed.
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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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The way in which you accomplish your goals and help your customers needs to be very flexible depending upon how those customers are reacting in real time.
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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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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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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.
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I admire people who operate from a place of love and who have gone through the rigorous process of finding and articulating their purpose, whatever it may be.
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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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Your style can be an artistic part of your personal leadership journey.
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I assumed that, if I put my head down and did great work, what I deserved would come to me. What you deserve will not come to you. It is only in advocating for yourself that you will receive what you deserve.
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I'm very close to my family.
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Having women who are already successful take the leap of faith to help younger women is critical.
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I would encourage women to think about leaders in different fields or companies who they can draw parallels with. For example, I am constantly studying the lives and lessons of leaders in fields outside of technology, from the arts to politics. There is always something to learn.
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The interview is not over when the meeting is over. Never forget that.
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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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There's nothing worse for a mentor than being asked generic questions that anyone could answer. They want to ensure that their time is having an impact on you.
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Entrepreneurship is a muscle, and winning is an endurance game.
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Believe in yourself. You are enough.
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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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I have always been fascinated by entrepreneurship.
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The big experience of feeling like I jumped off into the deep end was that transition from college into the workforce. There were so many unwritten rules I didn't understand.