Secrets they didn’t know at 22

Thought leaders share with LinkedIn the career advice that might have helped them in their youth.

Sallie Krawcheck

It won’t get easier, it’ll get better

The business leader of global network 85 Broads says,“It won’t be easy once you decide what you want to do. You are going to be rejected by all of the major Wall Street firms … but you’ll eventually find the right firm. Work hard and please get that mole on your shoulder checked.”

Rachel Zoe

Learn what you’re good at

The celebrity fashion stylist reveals that she would tell her 22-year-old self to not look at the clock and learn best what you are good at.

Suze Orman

Money will never define you

The TV financial guru reveals, “Don’t give money way too much power over your life. It’s not about how much you make, but the life that you make with the money you have.”

Deepak Chopra

Embrace uncertainty

What Chopra wishes he had known at 22 is to embrace the wisdom of uncertainty. "If only I knew then, as I know now, that there is wisdom in uncertainty — it opens a door to the unknown, and only from the unknown can life be renewed constantly,” he says.

Arianna Huffington

Don’t work too hard

The Huffington Post president says, “I wish I could go back and tell myself, ‘Your performance will actually improve if you can commit to not only working hard, but also unplugging, recharging, and renewing yourself."

Clara Shih

Coveted jobs may not be right for you

The CEO of Hearsay Social, says, ”Don’t choose a job just because it’s the most sought-after. Don’t choose one based on pay (unless you absolutely have to).”

Richard Branson

Get out when the time is right

The Virgin Group founder says he wishes he had known that Steve Jobs was going to launch the iPod. He says, ”I would have sold our record shops and got out of the music business a lot earlier.”