I go into meetings, and people have this preconceived notion of me that I didn't work hard to get where I am.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There are only a few places that I go where people recognize me anyway. I have to be at the right place, in the right city. It's not really that much of an issue.
I don't know, I think people who meet me just get pretty much what I am.
I understand people have preconceived notions of who I am or what I do.
People are intimidated when they first meet me, but it doesn't take them long to realise I'm just an average person.
Throughout my career, I fed off the fuel of people not being able to understand me.
I know from my own experience and from other people in the business that when you come from a place where nobody knew who you were and then there is this sudden shift to where everybody now knows who you are, there's an adjustment that you have to make.
People feel like they know me from the work I have done, but it's not me.
I get recognized just often enough to keep my ego bouncing along, but not so much that I can't go places.
People recognize me, but they don't know where from. Today I was in the elevator and somebody asked me if I worked for his company.
I make decisions based on my work, not based on meetings with my business managers, who I don't like to meet.
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