Karen Civil Quotes

He works his business and manipulates and keeps himself in front of the world.

Models now need to promote themselves, think like businesswomen and diversify their careers by doing other things. Chances are very slim that a mere model will become a household name today.

If you can get better at your job, you should be an active member of LinkedIn, because LinkedIn should be connecting you to the information, insights and people to be more effective.

I admire Pat Shortt as a businessman. Such acumen is unusual for an entertainer. He did all his own deals. I learnt a lot from Pat when I was on the road with him for a year.

I was the first actress who branded her own line at a time when everyone just lent their name to a product. Everyone said I shouldn't do it, but it was probably the best thing I've ever done.

I never really marketed myself, so each job I was given was a new marketing tool, and that would be the way I marketed myself.

My career is there for everyone to see and delve into.

If my career isn't going that well, I'd rather it flounder than desperately trying to show up on red carpets: 'I'm for hire! Remember me!'

The only work I've done the last two years is interviews. I'm very good at it.

But you have to be creative on how you sell yourself and market yourself.

I do hope to increase what I do into a Brad Goreski brand.

The business is a very tricky obstacle course, and you should be very clear about work begetting work. If you're not working, you're not interesting.

Nobody talks about how Puffy went to Howard University or about Lil Wayne attending the University of Houston. All the young kids know is what they see on the videos. They don't realize that these guys have taken managerial and business courses, and know how to brand and how to market themselves. They're very smart.

My first real break was meeting my manager, Julie Gibson. She's the one that introduced me to Ford and Innovative and got me started.

There are real tricks to getting a job that I just don't like or understand - it feels too close to pandering. I've tried it, but it doesn't work.

For me, Facebook and Twitter was always just a way for me to reach out to the fans of the show, to communicate with my friends who where in the business, and I never felt like I wanted to use it to further my career in some way. I don't know that it has the power or the ability to do that. I just never thought about it in those terms.

What people don't know about me is that I'm a pretty good businesswoman. Yes, I do this little ol' game show, but I know the show isn't going to last forever, so I've gone into different ventures. But I don't want to sound like I'm bragging.

I clearly haven't made a good enough impression on people. My go-to line when it's the resume game is that I'm either Chris Evans or Ryan Reynolds.

I built a label at the same time I built a career.

I am sure my association with a big brand like PUMA is really going to help me in the long run.

The most important thing is to recognize how important it is to market yourself and make connections.

Our young people are some of the best and most talented in the world - they are driven, entrepreneurial, and innovative - and with the help of people who have already made it in the world of work, they can go on to be the bosses and employers of the future.

I think every athlete is an entrepreneur. Our job is to better our product to present to a new team every year.

I don't do albums for album sales. I just do it as a conversation piece and a business card.

You have to learn to sell yourself. I think people forget they need to look at where else they've really performed in their life, where they've been in a place where they were confident.