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Norma Kamali on What Happens When You Ask For Help

“If you need help, talk to people about it because. There's somebody that can help you. Keeping it to yourself – even if the situation you're in is humiliating and awful – is not gonna help you..”

Nili Lotan on Owning Your Voice — and Your Business

"Motherhood is there to give support, to be there whenever your kids need you, and to be a model for your kid…but that doesn’t mean you need to sit on the floor and play Lego from morning till night."

Cathy Engelbert on Asking for (and Getting) What You Want at Work

"I did walk in and resigned to the partner I had worked for...because I was five months pregnant with my daughter. I just felt like I couldn't do it all. Because doing it all was defined by somebody else."

Dawn Staley on Why the Journey Matters More than the Win

“Representation does matter. The only thing I had to go on was grow up and be the, the next point guard for the 76 ERs. Cause that's all I watched. Nothing inside of me said, why isn't there a women's league?”

Ghia Founder Melanie Masarin on Pitching a Risky Move

“My real superpower is I never give up and I'm gonna see this through with Ghia. If right now, it’s a rough patch, we're just gonna make it through.”

Alice Waters on Why Profit Was Never the Point

“I never ever want to do a job that I don't love ever again.”

Thrive Causemetics Founder Karissa Bodnar on Why You Need Real Friends as a Leader

“This man was in tears sitting across from me at a restaurant holding my hand, telling me how much he believed in the mission. He was like ‘just go do it, the money will come, I'll help you with it.’ Then, he ghosted me.”

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Top Chef Host Kristen Kish on the Recipe for a Great Mentor

“I got out of culinary school and I was like, I earned this job. I have a degree. I can be a chef. I know how to lead a restaurant. I know how to cook great food – I didn't know anything. I knew nothing about any of it.”

Geri Halliwell-Horner on the Legacy of (Spice) Girl Power

“When you're 30, you go, okay: I'm not the ingénue anymore. I can't rely on that waify feeling. But I'm not here and I'm not there. I'm not the grande dame, and there's a lot of pressure.”

Tinx on Returning to Her IRL Self, Christina

“I could not find a full-time job. I felt even worse because the privilege that I have – to go to a good school, to get a degree, to graduate debt free – that's insane privilege. The fact that I couldn't figure it out, I was like wow, I’m literally a terrible person.”

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Frank and Eileen Founder Audrey McLoghlin on Fostering Resilience in Your Career

“I was selling my diamond earrings. I was trying to get a HELOC on my house, trying to figure out if I needed to sell my house and where would my daughter and I go? I didn't know how long I could sustain no income to the company. It was terrifying.”

Emily Oster on Turning a Missed Opportunity into a New Career

“Until about three years ago, I would’ve said that writing 'Expecting Better' was a professional mistake.”

CNN’s Erin Burnett on Actually Using Your Transferable Skills

“You're so in the moment of executing and doing that sometimes, [you] will forget to have those conversations with yourself: Why am I doing this? Why is it meaningful? Why is it worth it? ”

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Pam Weekes and Connie McDonald on Levain Bakery’s 30-Year Climb to Success

“There was no way we were going to rush to a situation that would damage the brand, hurt our employees, or do anything that would change what we had built. We were having so much fun along the way. We didn't start the business to sell it.”