Over the years , you have received some resistance and criticism , especially when you first started . What were some of the challenges you had to overcome in your career and how did you do that ?
We did have some pushback because I was a student when I started – so what credibility did I have to be someone that was advising others ? There wasn ' t a lot of buy-in right away . It was actually a really good lesson at the beginning to just focus on who you ' re helping . We knew that students loved it , so we weren ’ t going to let anyone stop us helping them . There were a few bumps in the road initially , but there were helpful lessons along the way thanks to plenty of feedback from mentors .
How important do you think mentors are ?
Mentors have played a huge role with the different areas of my career . I ’ ve had mentors giving pages and pages of feedback , which is insanely valuable . It ' s the real-world application and knowledge that you want to get out of a mentorship – that ’ s what I got a lot of value from .
Feedback , even if it ’ s uncomfortable , helps to accelerate success .
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