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Sophia. Difficulties, Obstacles, Lessons and Learning

I asked Sophia what she considered to be the major obstacles or difficulties she faced during her career and what she did when she faced them. She said she wasn’t certain you always see the obstacles or difficulties you face when you’re facing them; it’s when you look back you realize you have been through a difficult time. And she said: “Again, I just feel incredibly blessed, so I don’t know…” I asked her to describe the toughest thing she had ever faced at work and she said when she thinks about that she never thinks about failing to meet her targets or not getting a client or doing something wrong or anything like that because she either forgets those things ...

Lauren. Advice, Wisdom, Courage and Inspiration

I asked Lauren what advice she would give to a young woman and she said her best advice was to pick your spot and be really conscious of the choices you are making. Lauren says she looks back at some of her job choices and knows she shouldn’t have made them, so she would advise a young woman to pick her spots. Lauren went on to say that this advice is particularly relevant with respect to choices about the people you are going to be working with and in this vein she added be true to yourself. Looking back, she said: “there’s a lot of crap out there and I think people…I think of some of the characters I was ...