Self-awareness is defined as “conscious knowledge of one’s own character, feelings, motives and desires.”  When looking at this statement from a business or career perspective,  this sounds rather soft – something relevant if your professional aspirations are to be a psychologist or HR professional, but certainly not as critical as the “hard stuff” like experience, skills or credentials after your name. Right? Wrong!  As a former Critical Care Paramedic turned entrepreneur and leader I have learned that  in the hierarchy of factors most important to career success, self awareness would rank number #1 Our guest for this interview is Gens Johnson. As a Mindset Success Coach her primary focus is helping people learn how to THINK accurately. Gens believes Everything starts in our minds. The quality and success of our lives is directly related to the quality and accuracy of our thoughts. To raise a powerful girl, we must be a powerful women. It is our example that the girls in our lives will follow.  We can "say" anything we want to say but if our actions do not align with what we speak the girls in our lives will not do what we are instructing.They will do what we do. Science has proven this over and over again with multiple studies.