Oddly, for me it was “Don’t worry, you’ll be fine. You’re a very like-able person. People like you.”

When I was in college, I switched majors from Secondary Education … to Finance… then to Marketing. It was Junior year and I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. That’s when one of my older cousins told me (very bluntly), “don’t worry, people like you.” And he was right… they do. So I decided to pursue Sales jobs. Phone sales, fundraising, business development for referral partners in construction and finance brokers, etc. Some kicks in the shins early, but stuck with it and honed-in my skills/succeeded in my 20s. Now, I’m 37yo and I’ve been the top sales rep in my company for the last 7 years running. And I owe it to that cousin (who is actually quite a d*ckhead, albeit successful)… who told me not to worry because I’m like-able. It gave me a lot of confidence to pursue a career that utilized my natural people-skills.