Bisila Bokoko

"I have been in business for a long time, I have great experience, and I know I am good at what I do, so how do I market myself? How do I get out there"

"I consider it a compliment that I am full of myself"

"Control your non-verbal language. What you say must be in alignment with what your body says and with your attitude."

"Highlight your strengths without hiding your weak points. Remember; no one is perfect, and your weaknesses—if you know them well and accept them—can play in your favor."

"Mental clarity. In order to communicate well, you need to have a clear mindset of what you want to communicate, and how."

"Identify your audience in order to know to whom you are selling."

"Be authentic, be you. Do not pretend to be anyone else."

"Believe in yourself; you are the product. If you won’t buy yourself, what makes you think others will?Always be positive and optimistic. A positive attitude always sells"

"It was probably one of the most demoralizing things I’ve ever gone through,” she told ESSENCE. “I wasn’t allowed to clear my desk, so the only item I was able to was a photo of my children. Seven years, gone just like that"

"I know it was a job and not something that happened in my personal life but it really affected me emotionally, you know? I’d spend 16-hour days working for the company so it was really dehumanizing being treated like that"

"I’ve learned how to be the leader I needed at that time I was working for my old job"

"And I’ve grown to understand that as an entrepreneur, difficult decisions are made every day that affects many people’s lives. But I advise other leaders to look at Elon for what NOT to do to employees. That was just cruel and unnecessary in its handling"

"Recognize that we all have unconscious biases, and remove anything that hinders collaboration and trust"

"We naturally gravitate toward people of similar minds, but we learn more from conversations with colleagues that take a devil’s advocate position"