“Be prepared to work hard, but never forget to take some space for yourself to rethink what and how you are doing things, to get yourself some creativity time” Barbara Covarrubias Venegas, President of Sietar Austria and Research Contact Point, advices her 14-year old self. “The most important skills you need in today’s world and for this position is being a good networker and communicator, because, as we are a networking platform, I have to bring people together, so I have to be quite open-minded.”