Erin and Sara Foster on How to Take Career Risks

9 to 5ish with theSkimm

theSkimm

Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

You know Erin and Sara Foster as the sister-act behind the VH1 hit show “Barely Famous”, the co-founders of the fashion brand Favorite Daughter, and as the creative minds who’ve helped brands such as Bumble and the Mirror. After growing up in the entertainment world, the sisters not only decided to take on that industry, but also to take on fashion and investing. We spoke to the Fosters about the value of taking career risks – and why they’ve decided to redefine what success means to them. In this episode, Erin and Sara share: The unexpected famous person they are related to What they think of the “nepo baby” label Why accolades can actually be depressing How their relationship has changed now that they’re in business together

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0:00.0	I think it's dangerous to have your motivation be the end point.
0:02.8	The motivation has to be part of the journey.
0:05.1	What everybody says that they want in the world is not an Emmy or a billion dollars.
0:09.5	What everybody wants is to be happy.
0:11.0	So what is the thing that makes you happy?
0:12.8	Because we know that those accolades don't fulfill you.
0:15.6	Those accolades actually depress you.
0:17.5	You get to that point and then there's this letdown of like,
0:20.2	okay, I have the Emmy or I have the billion dollars.
0:22.6	Like, now what?
0:23.2	Why aren't I more happy than I was 10 minutes ago?
0:25.5	Well, I'll tell you, they go, well, now I want two billion dollars.
0:27.6	Yeah, so like, it's a moving goalpost.
0:29.5	I don't want to move the goalpost.
0:30.8	Like, I have to sit here today at 40 years old,
0:33.9	knowing like, if I never win an Emmy,
0:35.6	I still have to think I had a successful life.
0:38.8	I'm Carly Zaken and I'm Danielle Weisberg.
0:41.6	Welcome to 9 to 5-ish with the skin.
0:44.4	We've run into so many questions over the years
0:47.4	and had so many moments where we needed advice.
0:50.7	And we got it from women who'd been there.
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