Without risk there is no reward and no change.
I never assumed that I’d just done my best job the first time around. Your challenge is to dive headfirst into things without being too attached to the results. When your goal is to gain experience, perspective, and knowledge, failure is no longer a possibility. Failure is your invention.
If you start listening, you should find that your heart has know what’s up all along.
Whether it was styling, directing models, steaming clothing, or shipping an order – they were all creative. And when something got really boring, I turned it into a game to see how quickly, efficiently, and accurately I could get the job done.
Overwhelmingly busy is a much better state to be in than overwhelmingly bored.
No amount of money can buy you style. Having good style takes thought, creativity, confidence, self-awareness, even sometimes a little bit of work.
Clothing is ultimately the suit of armor in which we battle the world. When you choose your clothing right, it feels good. And there’s nothing shallow about feeling good.
I never assisted anyone; I just gave it my all.
When you hold yourself to the same standard in your work that you do as a friend, girlfriend, student, or otherwise, it pays off.
Bet on yourself.
When you are a one-percenter, you live your life your way.
We should take the sheer improbability of our own existence as a kick in the butt to get out of bed in the morning. If you hear this fact as discouraging – that you’re only one in billions – then flip the script. You are one in billions! Someone has to succeed, so it might as well be you.
And once you’ve found success, don’t stop. It’s not about being insatiable; it’s about not resting on your laurels.
Luck tells us that we don’t control our own fate, and that our path to success or failure is written by someone, or something, entirely outside ourselves.
Now, I’m not trying to give every slacker a free pass to cut class and head straight to Burger King, but I do think we should acknowledge that school isn’t for everyone.
In Jason Fried’s book Rework, he writes that one of the smartest investments a business can make is in hiring great writers, and I completely agree. No.
I found that I enjoyed work and thrived on challenges.
Dive headfirst into things without being too attached to the results. When your goal is to gain experience, perspective, and knowledge, failure is no longer a possibility.
Don’t you dare alter your inner freak-she’s got your back.
In San Francisco my friends and I picked a decade and stuck with it. We listened to old music, drove old cars, and wore old clothes.