Anna Wintour
👤 PersonAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
A missing button, unacceptable.
A wrinkled collar, career ending.
This wasn't about the clothes, it was about proving you could be trusted with the details before being trusted with the decisions.
Outliers share unreasonable standards.
aren't what you accept from others.
They're what you demand from yourself when no one's watching.
Then there was the lunch table incident.
Eight people ordered wine and steaks.
Anna, just a yogurt, please.
Everyone was suddenly questioning their orders.
She wasn't performing discipline.
She'd internalized it so completely that normal behavior looked like an excuse by comparison.
Her steak had to be perfectly rare.
She'd send it back three times and then eat two bites.
Not because she was being difficult, but accepting good enough in small things trains you to accept it in big things.
Steve Jobs sent back sushi at his own birthday party.
Elon sleeps on the floor of the factory.
Outliers don't have work-life balance.