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No Limits with Rebecca Jarvis

Jessica Alba, Honest Company Co-Founder & Actress

No Limits with Rebecca Jarvis

ABC News

Business, Careers

4.7703 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2019

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Released Aug 28, 2017 She's a Golden Globe nominated actress turned entrepreneur who is responsible for creating the multi-billion dollar enterprise that is the Honest Company. Jessica Alba has become synonymous with her wellness brand and under her leadership, the Honest Company has become an empire...so how did she do it? On this episode, Alba gets candid about her early childhood influences, her first heartbreak, her leadership style and she shares her best (and worst) advice. Don’t forget to subscribe and leave us a review! It’s easy! Click here: http://bit.ly/2ks4f90 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, it's me, Rebecca. I'm currently on maternity leave, and while I'm away, we picked out

0:05.9

some of our earlier episodes from the No Limits Vault so that you can get caught up and enjoy

0:10.9

while I'm off. And just so you know, I pre-recorded this, so I actually am spending time with my

0:17.8

baby right now. Bye. I come from such a modest background and working class background and such a different background.

0:27.7

This would have been in a way beyond my wildest dreams as a kid, but I did dream it.

0:33.4

And I think you have to have the vision of what's possible in order for it to come true.

0:37.1

So there was something in me that really felt like anything could be possible.

0:41.8

From ABC, it's no limits.

0:45.1

I'm Rebecca Jarvis, and each week we're talking to the most influential women playing at the top of their game,

0:51.3

trying to demystify success and what it really takes to get there and all the

0:55.6

tradeoffs. Whether you're looking for answers or you just want to hear a good story, you're in the

1:00.9

right place. On today's show, you've probably heard of The Honest Company, but how well do you

1:07.1

know the story behind it? Jessica Elba, the co-founder, gets candid about everything from

1:12.4

her childhood to her first heartbreak to creating and running a multi-billion dollar company,

1:18.2

and of course, her worst advice. I caught up with her in Los Angeles.

1:24.1

Jessica Elba, welcome to No Limits. It's great to see you. And I see you too. I look at your career. You have already accomplished so much. You're still so young. You're building a family. I don't feel young. You don't? No, I feel tired. Really? Very tired. When did the, when did you start feeling tired?

1:45.2

I think when I turned 31.

1:48.8

What happened?

1:49.9

What changed?

1:51.2

Well, I was like two kids in, a company in, and I realized how much I just wanted to sleep.

1:57.5

I never slept in my 20s, ever.

2:00.3

And then I just realized how much I just needed. I actually need sleep. I never slept in my 20s, ever. And then I just realized how much I just needed. I actually

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