Well, you've got certain obstacles that get in your way throughout your career, but you have to be a strong individual.
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Everyone has to face obstacles. Everybody has to face hurdles. It's what you do with those that determines how successful you're going to be.
It's not what you achieve, it's what you overcome. That's what defines your career.
When things are difficult, you have to be sure of who you are and what you want to achieve.
I have to be tough in my work environment and tough in the world.
You'll sacrifice a lot of things in the early part of your career to be successful, but to be ahead of your competitors, you have to work hard.
If you're going to succeed, then you just have to be thick-skinned. It's something I developed early in my career, and it just goes with the territory.
Basically you have to suppress your own ambitions in order to be who you need to be.
I never give up when I encounter obstacles in my way. I just continue going until I reach my career objectives.
There have been moments in my career when I've had to be tough and I've had to step up to the plate - but usually that's because a man has underestimated me. But other than that, I wouldn't say I'm a tough person.
There is nothing in your background that inherently holds you back or means you can't achieve what others can achieve. You are the master of your own fate, and if you work hard, you can do what you want.