Getting ready for the day is something that just, well, happens. It’s subconscious. We have a routine, we have a look, so we stick to them and move on with everything else in life. As students, it takes time to change routines. And time is something we don’t often have. But Nicholas Carbonaro put all this into the context of a world where how we present ourselves sends a message. He talked about a sort of sixth sense that we all have. Whenever we see or meet someone, we often get a sense of who someone is based on the way they present themselves. Sure, an interviewer may see that someone has the skills, which is great. But that person’s hair may still be wet from the shower he or she frantically took a half-hour before the interview started, or it seems like that person is trying to make this style work when it’s really not working. Subtleties like that factor into decisions like, do we want this person at our company? Is this person professional? Is this person put together? This kind of discussion is in sync with what’s coming up in our lives. Carbonaro stressed that he makes these insights about humanity all the time because he encounters all sorts of people every day in the salon. But whether it’s about how we present ourselves or how others present themselves, these insights matter. They can help us to figure out how to best communicate who we are to the world. And they can help us to be comfortable with who we are whenever we go out into the world.