When Mona Helmy shares that she’d tell her younger self to be herself faster, it’s easy to understand why. Helmy, CEO of Helmy Plastic Manufacturing, is caring, confident, passionate, talented and successful.
“When we’re young, it’s a journey. It takes time. The faster you become you, doing what you want to do in life—not what school taught you or culture implies—I would tell myself that I needed to become Mona faster. It’s a journey. It took me awhile to be comfortable with me, but the faster you get there, the happier you’ll be.”
“I advise everyone, any business owner, to just be authentic. Be transparent. Sometimes, it might work against you. But the majority of the time, it works for you. Be you. Speak your mind. Get to the point where you’re comfortable in your own skin.”…
