Start with Yourself: A New Vision for Work & Life with Emma Grede and Oprah
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What inspired Emma Grede to write 'Start With Yourself'?
And here's the thing, Oprah, this book is dismantling the rules that we've all been sold around these things. I honestly believe that we need, desperately need, more women in positions of power right now. And so I look at this and I say, do you know what? If you are an ambitious woman, it is going to require some discomfort.
How did Emma Grede redefine her life and career?
If you want money, it's going to require some level of audacity. If you want a big, big career, you're going to need visibility and proximity. If, and it's not for everybody, but if you want a family, it's going to require some timing and it's probably not what we've been told. And if you want power, then you are going to need to take it because nobody is coming to give you power. And just like I said, we are desperate in this world for more women in positions of power right now.
Hey there, everybody. Glad to be with you here on the Oprah Podcast. My guest is not just an entrepreneur, not just a businesswoman. She is an inspiring force, a modern-day business mogul and visionary.
What role does radical self-accountability play in success?
And she's written a book called Start With Yourself. It's a new vision for work and life, and it should be your guide if you are starting a business, thinking about starting a business, already in a business, want to make a better business for yourself, and want to be a better person in that business. I highly recommend start with yourself, honey. Please welcome Emma Green to the podcast.
Hi, Emma. Hi, Oprah.
How can women balance career ambitions with motherhood?
I am so happy to be here. I can't even tell you how happy I am.
Forbes named Emma Greed, one of America's wealthiest self-made women at just 40 years old, her wife and mother to four. She's worked with both Loewy and Kim Kardashian to co-found culture-defining global brands like Good American and Skims, now valued at $5 billion.
She offers savvy business advice on her podcast, Aspire with Emma Greed.
What mistakes did Emma Grede make in her early career?
Put yourself in the position of your customers and just listen to your intuition. It will never serve you well. She's also the first black female investor on that ABC hit show, Shark Tank. And I've been toying in my head. I'm like, do I call her Miss Winfrey Jackson? You call me Oprah. You have to call me Oprah.
Because I was reading in your book and I was so touched every time I saw my name where you would say, and I'd go home and I'd watch Oprah. I mean, really, thank you so much.
Thank you so much. Thank you. And listen, I know that every time somebody meets you, they have this kind of explosive reaction to you.
How important is mentorship in building a business?
And so I'm like, what do you do? What do you say that she hasn't heard before? And I'm not trying to say anything you haven't heard before. For me... There is nobody else that I would rather sit and discuss this book with because you have been in my mind as my fantasy mentor since I was 10 years old. And it's the truth because I had no other example of a woman that... that was like you, that had that level of integrity and spoke like that and behaved in a way. And so I feel like I have tried my best to emulate some of the behaviors that I saw in you for the longest time. Yeah, and as I'm reading the book, I see some of my teachings. I see that.
I say, oh. They are there. You're one of those students who paid attention.
Oh, yes, I did. I really did. In the most, in the biggest and the smallest ways, you know, from thinking about gratitude to thinking about how you speak to people and what your energy is that you give off.
How does Emma view dyslexia as a superpower in business?
And so for me, it's really been in so many, so many ways.
Yeah, you tell the story in the book about yelling at a deaf woman. Tell us that story. Oh, is that where we're starting? I didn't want to start there, but because you said about the energy, that is such a classic energy story.
Okay, so let me tell you the truth of this is, and you will... I mean, my publisher from Shannon, from Simon & Schuster, will tell you this. I took that out of the book three times for one reason, because I said, if I ever get to meet Oprah... I know that she will pick up this story. Of course. And when I spoke to your producers, I was like, no, no. And I took it out and they said, you've got to put it back in.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What inspired Emma Grede to write 'Start With Yourself'?
0:00–0:19
2
How did Emma Grede redefine her life and career?
0:19–1:02
3
What role does radical self-accountability play in success?
1:02–1:28
4
How can women balance career ambitions with motherhood?
1:28–1:57
5
What mistakes did Emma Grede make in her early career?
1:57–2:29
6
How important is mentorship in building a business?
2:29–3:27
7
How does Emma view dyslexia as a superpower in business?
3:27–6:38
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What does Emma Grede believe about work-life balance?
6:38–1:00:38
Speakers
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