Jacqueline ElliottLeadership Strategist | CEO, Mother, Wife, Legacy-Builder

We don’t want perfect people, we want real people 💪 // JACQUELINE ELLIOTT #shorts

18 Nov 2025 · 0 min

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Short YouTube clip (Jacqueline Elliott) arguing that employers should hire “real” people who have overcome struggles (e.g., addiction) because they tend to be more relatable, mentorable, and grateful than "overqualified/entitled" candidates. Speakers emphasize that hiring people who have been through difficulties allows leaders to guide and mentor them authentically—real people are preferred over "perfect" or fake personas.

Those people that are addicted at one point of their life or something happens, they get tested. I feel like they're the most relatable, especially as you're building teams now and what you're doing in business. I mean, you can. A lot of people hire people that are overqualified and they're, like, entitled.
And then you need to find sometimes.
People that are broken, that have been through some stuff that you actually give them. You know the route and you tell them, hey, I understand you, and I can help you get to.
Where you need to go. And they actually look at you like.
The mentor that you are. And you're not fake people want real people. Absolutely. So those will.
Wounds have become your weapon.