Kareen MillsFounder & CEO, Friendsgiving Live® · Most Influential Filipina ’23 🏆 Founder of the World’s Largest Friendsgiving Festival for Women | Angel | Keynote | Sugar Mommy™ Media | Psalm 25:1 ✞

You Are Not Your Resume

19 Aug 2026 · 1 min

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Lead with who you are, not what you do. The speaker argues that genuine human connection drives opportunities and business deals, so mention your work only after establishing personal authenticity. Your resume isn't your identity.

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I'm leading with who I am. Stop leading with what you do and your degrees and your titles and all of that. Lead with who you are. There's a magical way you can mention what you do later on down the road, just like I wrote, by just leading who you are. I often say this to my students: you are not your work. Stop leading with work. Always highlight and lead with your Who? Because that's what drives human connection. Human connection drives opportunities. Without connection, there is no business transaction.