Key Takeaways “All the Cool Girls Get Fired” advises readers on how to turn losing your job into an epic comeback.
Laura Brown, former editor in chief of “InStyle” magazine, and Kristina O’Neill, former editor in chief of “WSJ” magazine, draw on their personal experiences and advice from the likes of Oprah Winfrey.
The idea for the book came from a viral Instagram Brown posted after she and O’Neill lost their jobs.
We work our asses off — sometimes we get fired up by the results, and other times we just get plain fired. That’s always fun, right?
This week on How Success Happens, I spoke with Laura Brown, who was the editor in chief of InStyle magazine…until she wasn’t. And Kristina O’Neill, who was editor in chief of WSJ magazine…until she, also, wasn’t. As they put it very bluntly in their incredible book, All the Cool Girls Get Fired, they were “shitcanned” (their words, not mine). But they think it is time to stop sugar-coating the end of a job and start viewing it as an opportunity to start the next big thing in our professional lives. No more “I’ve decided to spend more time with my family” B.S. messaging — own that you got fired, and move forward.
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That perspective certainly worked for them — Brown went on to found LB Media and is the chair of (RED)’s Creative Council, and O’Neill is head of Sotheby’s Media and editor in chief of Sotheby’s Magazine. The mindset has also worked for many other famous fire-ees, whom they spoke to for the book, including Lisa Kudrow, Jamie Lee Curtis, Oprah Winfrey, Carol Burnett and Katie Couric.
Watch our conversation above or listen here, and check out some key takeaways from Brown and O’Neill to transform your thinking on what, in the moment, might feel like the worst thing that could happen, but in the long run can lead to bigger and better things.
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