Ava DuVernay on How Listening Will Help You Level Up Your Career

9 to 5ish with theSkimm

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Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Award-winning director and producer Ava DuVernay, known for her groundbreaking films like “Selma,” “A Wrinkle In Time,” and “Origin,” didn’t actually start her career behind the camera. She spent years working in public relations before taking the plunge and pivoting in her 30s. Spoiler: it paid off. And she’s got an Academy Award to show for it. To kick off our new season of "9 to 5ish," we spoke to Ava about how she embraced change and found joy in her career. PS: Ava’s film, “Origin,” will be streaming on demand starting March 12. In this episode, Ava shares: Why she’s intentional about finding joy in her work What “ear hustling” is – and why it’s helped her level up in her career How she’s learned to embrace change in her industry The secret to a good working partnership (plus, what she’s learned from Oprah)

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0:00.0	Changing careers is a very natural thing and shouldn't be anything that feels
0:05.7	unattainable. What's right around you? How can you take the first step tomorrow?
0:09.9	You don't have to take that 10th that involves, I've got to do applications for school or I've got to move to this city.
0:17.0	No, what can you do where you are and start to do a little bit every day?
0:22.0	I'm Carly Zaken, and I'm Danielle Weisburg. Welcome to 9 to 5ish
0:26.7	with the skin. We've run into so many questions over the years and had so many moments where we needed advice and we got it from
0:36.0	women who'd been there.
0:38.0	And that's what we're bringing you at this show.
0:40.1	Each week we're helping you get what you want out of your career by talking to the smartest leaders
0:44.8	we know.
0:45.8	Because we know your work life is a lot more than 9 to 5.
0:50.3	All right, let's get into it.
0:56.8	Our guest is Ava Duverne. We are so excited.
0:58.0	She's a prolific director and filmmaker
1:01.4	and has a laundry list of first. She's the first black woman to be
1:05.9	nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Director. She is also the first
1:10.5	black woman to direct a film nominated for a Best Picture Oscar and she is the first
1:16.4	black woman to direct a film with a budget over a hundred million dollars. You may know her from her Oscar nominated films, Selma, and 13th, as well as her
1:27.9	Emmy-nominated Netflix series when they see us. She has collaborated with the likes of Oprah and Beyoncé and today
1:35.5	she is here to talk with us about her career and latest project origin.
1:40.3	Ava, welcome to 9-to-5-ish.
1:42.3	Okay, thank you.
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