Good strategy for me, in the end, is a set of choices. And it sounds overly simple, but I think it’s good that it sounds overly simple because that’s kind of true in the end. It is a set of choices, and when you make the choices you also choose to leave something out. You choose not to do certain things. And that’s very, very important.
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The other thing I’m a big proponent of, you pay people to do the things that either you don’t like to do, you’re not good at, or it’s not where you add the most value.
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Performance is performance is performance. Whether you’re on a stage, you’re in a boardroom, you’re getting a job interview — that’s performance.You’re taking a test. Acting. Any sport…Any time you’re going and your nervous system is going to raise its level, appropriately, is the times.
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There was no hustle struggle for me but I say to people, “I’m not lucky. I did the right things by people all along, and then the right things happened to me.”
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One of my mantras is to try to be that person that you needed during your darkest times. I’ve gone through a lot of dark times, so at least my experiences can be shared with others to help prevent them from going down those same paths.
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It feels different for people. When you’re on a leadership team and things have been rewired where you can actually say what’s on your mind, you actually are heard, you actually are seen. It’s a game changer.
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“We fall into a trap when someone says, ‘What do you do?’ And we list out a title, a company, some features and benefits of the company. And the reality is you’ve given them a lot of techie words that they may not understand. The other thing is they can’t see themselves or the people they know in what you said. So I always encourage people to tell them about the last person you helped.”
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“I have this network of females that would do anything for me both personally and professionally. If my company was failing tomorrow they would come together and say, ‘How much money do you need to stay open?’ And they also understand the stress of being a working mother.”
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“He said, ‘Do you realize that my wife works more hours than you guys up at our kids school volunteering? And she doesn’t get paid anything.’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, I just put a two kilogram baby to sleep today. That’s not serving lunch. That’s not volunteering for a Halloween Party. We’re not volunteering, we’re doing hardcore anesthesia. We’re just doing it fewer days.'”
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“My fear of being called a designer and being inadequate is forcing me to make a bad decision in terms of revenue for my company because I’m hung up on that. And who cares? It’s more important to have the revenue to sustain me than be a designer. I don’t have to go to New York Fashion Week. That’s not my brand.”
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