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I love clothing and still shop a lot of vintage.


You can't convince someone else - whether it's a potential employer, a loan officer at the car dealership, or someone you've been crushing on - that you're amazing and terrific if you don't actually think you are.


Don't act like you've arrived when you're just receiving the invitation.


Creativity is incredibly important, but drive is equally so.


At the bare minimum, you need to be in your position for a year before you ask for a raise or title change.


As a visual person, I love a creative resume. Putting in a little effort on the design side will show that you care about making things look good.


A typical day for me involves a lot of meetings.


A lot of young people who I employ expect a raise after three months or expect not to have to put in more work than what's in their job description.


A big practice in chaos magic is the use of sigils, which are abstract words or symbols you create and embed with your wishes.


Creativity and business acumen don't always go hand in hand.


You are not a special snowflake.


Chaos magic is the idea that a particular set of beliefs serves as an active force in the world. In other words, we choose what and how we believe, and our beliefs are tools that we then use to make things happen... or not.


It's important that people are open. Some people say, 'I'm going to be a doctor,' and they're a really good doctor. But for the rest of us, it's a big question mark. Just giving yourself a break, letting yourself try new things, and when something doesn't work out, moving along... it's all we can really do.


A lot of people in my generation don't seem to get that you have to work your way up. I don't care if filing invoices is beneath you. If you don't do it, who do you think is going to? Your boss? Nope. That's why she hired you.


Sometimes in the world, there's such pressure to follow a certain path that we forget the importance of learning as we go.


Making small talk about what someone is wearing is just another form of unsolicited feedback.


I can be pretty reactive, and I've learned over time to be less reactive: to stop and think before I make decisions.


I didn't buy the Porsche for status. I hate that, and it's actually kind of goofy now because in L.A., a Porsche is like a Honda. It was just that I could pay that much money for a car and drive it off the lot.


The time making money should be greater than the time that you are spending money.


Nothing will teach you more about perceived value than taking something with literally no value and selling it in the auction format. It teaches you the beauty and power of presentation, and how you can make magic out of nothing.