Business Insider: Kat Cole Shares Her Best Career Advice for Young People

As the 37-year old president of Focus Brands is shelling out career advice, millennials ought to be listening. According to a recent Business Insider article, the best career advice Kat Cole has ever received is something she has used in her own career and wants to share with those just starting on their own path.

"A piece of career advice I received when I was incredibly young," Cole said, "was that anytime you get criticized, take a moment and assume the criticism is accurate. Assume the person criticizing you is right, just for a moment."

Thinking like this puts you in a position of maturity before you decide whether or not you agree with the person and the feedback. This mindset can give you the clarity to think about the reasoning behind why you are getting this kind of feedback without getting into a fight about if it is right or not.

By taking a step back, she says it requires that you are humble in the situation "and realizing there's a lot to learn around you."

Obviously this advice has served her very well as the president of Focus Brands, which owns Cinnabon, Auntie Anne’s, and Moe’s Southwest Grill, where she is in charge of $1 billion brand shares. She uses this concept when working with franchisees, running the boardroom, or in her nonprofit work.

Check out the full article here.