A girlboss is someone who’s in charge of her own life.
She gets what she wants because she works for it.
As a #girlboss, you take control and accept responsibility.
You’re a fighter— you know when to throw punches and when to roll with them.
Sometimes you break the rules, sometimes you follow them, but always on your own terms.
You know where you’re going, but cant do it without having some fun along the way.
You value honesty over perfection.
You ask questions.
You take your life seriously, but you dont take yourself too seriously.
You’re going to take over the world, and change it in the process.
You’re a badass.
I was super excited for Sophia Amoruso’s new book, #GIRLBOSS, and so far it hasn’t disappointed. Not a memoir or a feminist manifesto, just a story about what happened to her and the explosion of Nasty Gal. Her carefree, straight forward, ballsy writing style definitely reminds me of Kelly Cutrone’s books. While it hasn’t inspired me as much in a dreamy way like the alchemist, it is a true story about an under 30-something female that created her dream job without following societies guidelines. It’s fascinating. Here are a few of my favorite quotes…
“I don’t want you to look up, because all that looking up can keep you down. The energy you’ll expend focusing on someone else’s life is better spent working on your own. just be your own idol.”
“I always suspected that I was destined for, and that i was capable of something bigger. that something turned out to be Nasty Gal, but you know what? I didn’t find Nasty Gal. I created it.”
“Who cares if a tree falls in a forest and no one hears it? The tree still falls. If you believe that what you’re doing will have positive results, it will— even if it’s not immediately obvious. When you hold yourself to the same standard in your work that you do as a friend, girlfriend, student or otherwise, it pays off.”
there are secret opportunities hidden in every failure.
–all quotes by Sophia Amoruso, Founder, CEO and Creative Director of Nasty Gal
My overall opinion on #GIRLBOSS is that it’s the same success story and advice we’ve heard and been fed over and over just in a different setting. I don’t mean that in a bad way at all. I think that it just further proves the mantra we all repin regularly— good things come to those who hustle.
Extras! A few of my favorite spreads from The WILD Magazine.
