During a meeting with one of my Korean students, I saw that she needed to boost up self confidence in job hunting.
I told her: highlight the unique contributions that you can make to the company. You can showcase your unique perspective as a woman, a minority, and someone from Asian culture. That's not something they see everyday.
The more I talked to her, the more excited I myself became as I think of so many possibilities in life for everyone.
I emphasize the same focus with the high school students on their college application essays, that they need to articulate their unique voices, so that readers will be impressed as never before.
I remember years ago when my son talked about finding his niche either offering a unique service or the best one in the industry.
In fact, we have to believe that each of us is unique in our own way, either our way of thinking or looking or imagining. We only need to think hard and discover the unique contribution that we can make.
The Chinese saying: 物以稀为贵 (wù yǐ xī wéi guì) meaning: Rarity makes things precious. That is, the rare the things are, the more valuable they are. So, highlight your unique value like presenting yourself as one of a kind, like giant panda.
By the way, Saturday my youngest sister will go to Yunnan. She has been attending my mother's needs for many years. My mother keeps offering her advices. That's nothing unique.