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What thought won't let you sleep?Originally asked
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Marketing executive; former chief marketing officer of Netflix
My job. I want to get it right.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 October 2017 source ↗
Thinking I’ve upset somebody.
Unfinished songs.
Things I wish I’d done better that day.
The realisation that I am not the best version of myself.
An obstetrician.
My daughter. She’s awesome and it’s because I’m awesome. Lol.
But it was really – it came across sinister. And for me, I really did listen to it. I accepted it. I tried to implement that. The reason why I say it’s the worst advice I ever received was that it was damaging to me because she was totally wrong. ... And so, when somebody who is successful tells you to do something, you try to do it, even when it damages you.
My daughter, Lael. She’s fearless and fun. In her eight years, she’s had traumatic events, but still gives hugs.
As the biggest, brightest, most bodacious badass that ever lived.
On Friday: my daughter won her volleyball game and my mom sent me videos, because I couldn’t be there. I cried wishing I’d been there to cheer her on.
Mellody Hobson, Nadiya Hussain, Julien Macdonald, Jean Paul Gaultier, Bobbi Brown, Katharine Hamnett
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