I Shouldn't Be Telling You This: Success Secrets Every Gutsy Girl Should Know

By completely owning a few core functions, you become indispensable in those areas, and everyone knows your value—versus the brand that tries to be all things to all people and ends up standing for nothing.”

“They want you to be the solution. Whoever is waiting in there for you—interviewer, examiner, casting agent—is hoping you are the answer to their search.

Try making a board of images to help you focus.

Connect to their interests, passions, and experiences. Humor also helps. Find something ironic or funny to build your commonality—a movie, book, or personal experience.

Does your rule breaking make sense for what your goal is? Or are you just being a show-off?

Breaking the rules means ignoring the phrase “That’s the way we’ve always done it here” and instead trying a brand-new, possibly mind-blowing approach.

rumors are both sloppy and precise

Try to always strip away what might be coloring a decision—like a desperate feeling or a need to do something quickly. When deciding to go with a choice you initially didn’t like, ask yourself: has anything really changed?

You can’t always make the perfect call. But you need to figure out how to increase the number of smart decisions you make and reduce the number of duds.

Sometimes you need to challenge the cliché.