My reflection…

It’s often been said, “Dress for the job you want, not the job that you have”. There’s a lot that comes along with dressing up, because let’s be honest…Anyone can put on a suit or a pair of heels. It’s more of a sense of confidence. When you look good, you feel good. It changes your whole mood, and makes you practically a different person (or maybe that’s just me…). But if you consistently reflect what you desire and mirror what you admire, that is what you will eventually become. I’ve worked so many jobs where I’ve started from the bottom of the barrel. The scrub. The mail clerk. Coffee girl. The one who literally went to get the newspapers at 6:00 in the morning for my boss. You name it. And that’s even with my degrees and experience. (Sorry, but that’s just the way the world works, most of the time). One piece of advice - when you go on that Starbucks run for your Boss and his group of colleagues at 8:00am, or when you go to set up that conference room for the big meeting that you’ve organized, made Powerpoint Slides and Excel Spreadsheets for, ordered lunch, and even got everyone on the phone from countries all over the world to successfully dial in but you aren’t even invited to the meeting…I’ve learned this - Look the part and act the part. Look like you run everything. Like you’re the boss. If your supervisors wear flats and skirts, wear heels and a pants suit. Every day. Be confident in what you know… because let’s be honest… you wouldn’t have gotten hired or be trusted to do all the things I’ve just mentioned above time and time again if you didn’t know what you were doing. And you won’t truly succeed if you operate with the mindset of doing just what you have to in order to get by. Go the extra mile. Go in early, stay late. Work overtime. Go out, buy a brand new outfit and absolutely kill the interview…. and every day after. After all, you owe it to yourself ♛