Codie Sanchez argues that how you present yourself shapes both how others treat you and how you treat yourself. Women who appear put-together earn 15-30% more. Dressing professionally changes your internal posture and standards, making you operate and get paid like a professional.
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Most people massively underestimate how much leverage lives in how you present yourself. Like the way you dress, the way you carry yourself, the way you show up sends a signal long before you say a thing. Well, the other person notices, and there's actually a bunch of data. Basically, 15 to 30% more money is made by a woman if she is put together and wears makeup. But I am convinced it doesn't just change for the person that actually is seeing you. I think it actually changes for you too. Like your posture changes, your confidence changes, your standards change. You just Operate differently. You look like a pro, so you get paid like a pro. You know, I grew up watching my Grandma Jen, who treated being ready like a rule, not a mood. No matter where she was, she showed up polished. She had a little pink pop collar, outfit aligned, and it wasn't like even for anybody's attention. She just did it, and it sent a little message like, I respect myself. Even now, she's 100 years old. She shows up with her pink pop collar. This isn't about vanity or impressing other people. It's about showing that you are a serious human who is here to do serious things. things. So if you want to get paid like a pro, like I said, you should probably try dressing and looking like one.
