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This week, Rachel would rather be reading about how to take her life to the next level and usher in her own version of The Big Life. The Big Life: Embrace the Mess, Work Your Side Hustle, Find a Monumental Relationship, and Become the Badass Babe You Were Meant to Be by Ann Shoket Visit Ann's website to find out about the community she is building!
Ann Shoket is an editor-in-chief/senior media exec who has had the privilege of bringing two major young women’s publications to number one across every platform. She's the author of The Big Life: Embrace the Mess, Work Your Side Hustle, Find a Monumental Relationship, and Become the Badass Babe You Were Meant to Be. She's the biggest cheerleader for millennial women, as you can hear from her TED talk "Why We Should All Be More Millennial". As editor-in-chief of Seventeen for the better part of a decade, she was able to lead editorial that was authentic to young women’s evolving values, and pushed the boundaries of digital, print and cross-platform content. At CosmoGIRL, she was part of the launch team that broke new territory by talking about the complex, emotional terrain of young women’s lives. She has been named one of the “Most Powerful US Fashion Magazine Editors” by Forbes. With her book, The Big Life, and the Badass Babes community, she continues working to shape the national conversation about the power of millennial women. She's been a speaker for the Yale Women’s Leadership Initiative, New York Women in Communications, Step Up, S.H.E. Summit, Matrix Awards, Her Campus, Rent the Runway and Levo League. She speaks on topics such as women’s leadership and success, young women finding their power and the transformations in the media industry. She has also appeared on Good Morning America, Today, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The View, CNN, Access Hollywood, and E! News (and to boot, she was a guest judge for four seasons on America’s Next Top Model).
Women. We know them. We work with them. We love them. We are them. Our world is constantly changing, being reshaped and redefined by the people that live within it. This sort of revolution births leaders. It just so happens that today, many women are at the forefront of that change. Today’s guest has been behind the curtain of inspiration, encouraging girls everywhere to grow up and become powerful women. Ann Shoket, former editor-in-chief of Seventeen and author of The Big Life , speaks about the power women hold within themselves. There are dreams to be followed, lives to be lead, changes to be made, and no traditional thoughts on gender should be holding anyone back. Some Questions I Ask: Do you think there’s still a negative connotation between women and ambition? (05:45) What are your thoughts about the role of class in this movement? (19:25) What in particular did you do at Seventeen and CosmoGIRL! that you think really made a difference in terms of the content girls were reading and how they could perceive themselves? (28:15) What sort of advice do you have for people who are afraid to take the first step to following their dream? (40:40) Have you ever had a moment throughout your career where you had a big failure, and how did you overcome that? (44:46) In This Episode, You Will Learn: How to acknowledge that you deserve your dreams and how to reach them (08:50) Ann’s desires for sizzle, excitement, adventure that lead her to follow her dreams (12:04) The role men should take in having conversations about women in business (21:46) How millennial women are defying the norms and how older generations should embrace that change (29:35) Is there such thing as “too much?” (36:37) The feeling of fire and navigating your life by breaking away from tradition (47:41) Plus much more... Links and Resources: Why We Should All Be More Millennial | Ann Shoket | TEDxStLouisWomen Seventeen CosmoGIRL! The Big Life: Embrace the Mess, Work Your Side Hustle, Find a Monumental Relationship, and Become the Badass Babe You Were Meant to Be by Ann Shoket America's Next Top Model Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed Badass Babes Dinner Guide Ann Shoket Follow Ann on Instagram Follow Ann on Twitter Connect with Ann on Facebook
CoveyClub founder Lesley Jane Seymour talks frankly with Ann Shoket, author of The Big Life: Embrace the Mess, Work Your Side Hustle, Find a Monumental Relationship, and Become the Badass Babe You Were Meant to Be, about tips for keeping Millennials engaged at work, creating mutually rewarding cross-generational relationships, and what Millennials secretly fear.
We're going to learn how to make our mess our mojo today! I'm excited to bring back a lovely guest who's released a new book called The Big Life: Embrace the Mess, Work Your Side Hustle, Find a Monumental Relationship, and Become the Badass Babe You Were Meant to Be. Ann Shoket, the former Editor-in-Chief of Seventeen Magazine, is here. If you missed her on the podcast the first time go back and take a listen (EP 328). Millennial women want to have it all - they want the career that comes with the money, they want friendships and they want a relationship where they are loved and respected. Is it really possible? Ann says YES. In the book, she provides actionable guidance from high-profile Millennial women who are on the quest to have it all. She wants to help the younger generation create their own version of the Big Life WITHOUT compromise. For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com.