Real Legends Became Somebodies From Nobodies Because They Believe In Working Hard To Get To Where They're At From Where They Came From

Stopped by The Nat Factor's site and read this awesome 1-question-1-answer Q&A from Teen Vogue. They interviewed Anna Wintour – a.k.a Nuclear Wintour to some in her industry – the lady Meryl Streep's character was supposedly based on in the movie The Devil Wears Prada. And in case you were wondering, yes, Wintour is the Editor in Chief of American Vogue Magazine.

The focus of this question is fashion design but the values being preached can pretty much be applied to just any field or industry.

My favourite parts are highlighted.

TEEN VOGUE: What advice do you have for a young person who is interested in fashion design?

ANNA WINTOUR: Don't go too fast. Because of reality television and all these celebrities thinking they can be designers, everyone imagines that they can just become a designer, photographer, or model, but that's not the way things work. People have to go to school, learn their craft, and build a brand – that's the right, healthy way to do things. If you're an overnight sensation, you can be yesterday's news in no time, whereas building something slowly and carefully that has value and quality, that's what's going to have legs. You'd be amazed at how many people come in here, and they make perfectly nice clothes, but they don't understand how to differentiate their brand from another, or they don't have a business plan, or they don't know where to produce things. Don't run before you can crawl. It's a very hard business, full of many, many extremely creative, talented people who work hard and still fail. If you have the basic building blocks behind you, you're much more likely to do well.