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Professional Matchmaker My mother is the embodiment of elegance, creativity and strength. What has continued to stand out for me is the romance that brought my parents together. My dad proposed to my mom within 7 days of meeting her and she moved to Europe at 23 years...

VP Talent Management, Silver Lake This is one of my favorite photos — you can't see my mom's face, but you can see her outline and hands ready to catch me… 43 yrs later, not much has changed. Among her wise words of advice: Value those who value you Don't burn or...

Co-Owner/GM, The Frog Pond The best advice my mother gave me was "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent," an Eleanor Roosevelt quotation that my mom enlarged, hung in my bedroom and reiterated during my impressionable adolescent years. At an early...

Award Winning Entrepreneur One of the best advice I got from my mom is to give of yourself but to not expect anything in return. Her advice was to give because you genuinely want to help someone and to not have the same expectations that they are going to return the...

Reporter, Host, Producer at CBS KPIX TV The best advice I have received from my mom was to find beauty and value in mundane things. She would sew recital dresses out of rejected scraps of fabric. She would make delicious jam out of over-ripe plums from the garden. She...

Film Maker and Tech Exec My mom taught me that sometimes the worst things that happen to you in life can turn out to be the best things. She helped me to find a silver lining out of any situation, which helped build resilience and the ability to look for the positive...

CEO Halo Blow Dry Bars Inc. My mom always told me, "You may not be a perfect circle, but you are a perfect whatever you are". Of course, this drove me crazy when I was 9, but as I have grown older, that saying has taken root deeply inside me. Now, sadly, I tell my 13...

General Partner - August Capital For as long as I can remember my mother has encouraged me and my siblings to stand up for that in which we believe. When we were little, that often meant standing up for ourselves. We learned to be self-reliant. But as we got older, my...

Education Entrepreneur The best advice I got from my mom was to find and create joy through other people. She made everyone feel special by appreciating something unique about them. She embraced friends and welcomed strangers with the same poise and grace. Best of...

User Experience Designer at SolutionSet One of the best advice my mom gave me was surround yourself with people who respect you, with a network that supports your aspirations, with a community who inspires you to achieve greater, with coworkers and classmates who lift...