Jennifer’s career started out rocky as an immigrant but on hindsight, she said the rough road she took was actually the perfect environment for her to build what would become a successful career.
In today’s episode, Jennifer will tell us just how to make the female voice heard in a male-dominated society and become a dominant presence inside the boardroom without coming out as arrogant and egoistic.
Here’s a Breakdown of Today’s Show:
- Why not being good in school doesn’t mean you won’t be successful in real life
- Selling a concept and an idea to strangers by being genuinely curious
- How to become a generous listener and how you can use that when it comes to marketing your ideas
- You’ll learn the importance of where your values lie and why your career growth depends on it.
- Why the biggest hurdles you may face are the challenges and opportunities that work against your values
- How to know where your values lie
- Jennifer’s definition of “Owning your ambition”
- The importance of promoting yourself and your successes
- Why where you sit in the boardroom as well as the gestures you do matter
- You’ll know why asking someone to explain it to you in a way that you can understand is not a sign of weakness.
- Talking not for the sake of talking but for the sake of contribution
- Jennifer’s own 3 success tips on becoming a successful female entrepreneur
Jennifer’s Words of Wisdom
- “Spending the time understanding your essence, who you truly are and what your values are, where your lines are is probably the smartest piece of homework in any part of your life and specially your career.”
- “Elbows in, be in the room and people will remember you in the room.”
- “Nobody can value you better than you, nobody can treat you better than you treat yourself. How you treat yourself is how you teach others to treat you.”
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