Jamie Kern Lima

Yes, yes. I feel it's so funny. In the past, gosh, 15 years, I've had so many people, whether I mentor them or they're mentors of mine and then they're going to start a business in a different way for the first time or they're friends and they are so excited to launch a business. Then they do and they're like... Oh, oh, I had, it never stops.

When you have your, and everyone listening who has this experience, whether you've launched your own business or you are right now, it never stops. Like you gotta be ready. Like I feel like entrepreneurship and parenting, those two things are like the hardest. You shared in a New York Times interview recently, you said that you need to work and you love to work.

When you have your, and everyone listening who has this experience, whether you've launched your own business or you are right now, it never stops. Like you gotta be ready. Like I feel like entrepreneurship and parenting, those two things are like the hardest. You shared in a New York Times interview recently, you said that you need to work and you love to work.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I remember when IT Cosmetics was in my living room and I had no separate, my whole home felt like an office for so long because we couldn't afford a separate place. And then when we finally could, I was like, okay. Did you like it or did you miss having it at home? No, I don't miss it. I don't miss that part of it because Megan, I had thousands of product samples all over my living room.

I remember when IT Cosmetics was in my living room and I had no separate, my whole home felt like an office for so long because we couldn't afford a separate place. And then when we finally could, I was like, okay. Did you like it or did you miss having it at home? No, I don't miss it. I don't miss that part of it because Megan, I had thousands of product samples all over my living room.

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Yeah. You're a hard worker. There are times we get together and I'm like, I just want to have DoorDash come in. And you're like, let's make some. And I'm like, I know, I just want a glass of wine and to hang out. No, but it's like it's in you.

Yeah. You're a hard worker. There are times we get together and I'm like, I just want to have DoorDash come in. And you're like, let's make some. And I'm like, I know, I just want a glass of wine and to hang out. No, but it's like it's in you.

I was going to ask you that actually because, you know, just to share some kind of fun moments because I really want to take people behind the scenes into this. The first time – so I know you look at all the data. It is impossible to have a true friendship or a true relationship with anybody, a true connection if you don't show it fully authentically. Yes. And I remember –

I was going to ask you that actually because, you know, just to share some kind of fun moments because I really want to take people behind the scenes into this. The first time – so I know you look at all the data. It is impossible to have a true friendship or a true relationship with anybody, a true connection if you don't show it fully authentically. Yes. And I remember –

One of the times you're at my house and I've seen all the beautiful stuff you make. And it's just like, it's in you. You just like make these things and, and, and you and I were raised, you and I were raised with TV dinners on a TV tray. Yeah. Right. Like, like, and somehow you just, it's like in you. And I remember you came over.

One of the times you're at my house and I've seen all the beautiful stuff you make. And it's just like, it's in you. You just like make these things and, and, and you and I were raised, you and I were raised with TV dinners on a TV tray. Yeah. Right. Like, like, and somehow you just, it's like in you. And I remember you came over.

I'm like, I'm going to make, I'm going to make Megan a charcuterie tray. Which I just learned that word a few years ago, charcuterie. Anyways, like I'm making a charcuterie. So I put it all together and I looked at it and I remember you came over and I was like – effort. It was an A for effort. And my daughter, who is six, can make one way better than I make. She loves to cook.

I'm like, I'm going to make, I'm going to make Megan a charcuterie tray. Which I just learned that word a few years ago, charcuterie. Anyways, like I'm making a charcuterie. So I put it all together and I looked at it and I remember you came over and I was like – effort. It was an A for effort. And my daughter, who is six, can make one way better than I make. She loves to cook.

But I just remember just being like, if we're going to have a real friendship, this is who I am. And I remember you just loved it. And then I asked you, I'm like, okay, just so I know, what would you do to make it a little bit more aesthetically pleasing? Aesthetically pleasing.

But I just remember just being like, if we're going to have a real friendship, this is who I am. And I remember you just loved it. And then I asked you, I'm like, okay, just so I know, what would you do to make it a little bit more aesthetically pleasing? Aesthetically pleasing.

And then like I felt like somehow you had this magic wand and in like 10 seconds you go in my pantry, you go in the fridge and you like do these things and I look down at it and I'm like, what in the world? It looks like – all of a sudden like it looks like a cover of a magazine. Like it's just in you. And so two questions. One is – You know, where did that come from?