"The best way to manage your own career amidst such change is to follow your curiosity, deliver your best results in every situation and trust yourself. Don’t be afraid to take chances — that’s how you find your best self."

"Don’t let limitations of the mind scare you. If someone thinks you cannot do something, show them you can. There really should be nothing in your life that limits you. Embrace your weird, that is what makes you, you."

When Amanda Zuckerman went shopping with her mother to furnish her freshman year dorm room at Washington University in St. Louis in 2009, they went to more than five different stores. Their frustrating shopping experience would inspire Dormify, now a multimillion-dollar company headquartered in Manhattan.

"Careers are a delicate balance of pushing your boundaries and driving toward success and knowing when to take your foot off the gas to recalibrate and ask yourself, 'Am I still enjoying this?' And if not, that's okay. Give yourself permission to grow and do something different."