Mandy Moore on Not Letting Competition Distract You

9 to 5ish with theSkimm

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Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The late-90s bubblegum pop music defined Mandy Moore’s career. She always knew she was her record label’s answer to Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. Mandy also knew she’d never be them – and that was okay with her. In this episode of 9 to 5ish, Mandy shares advice on how to know your competition without becoming distracted by it. In this episode, Mandy shares: The boy band she’d tour with again Why having parents who didn’t want to manage her was the secret to her success How she managed to be unbothered by the pop industry’s comparison loop Her go-to practices for easing her public speaking anxiety A skimm of her latest project, The Boars’ Nest

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0:00.0	Sometimes you just need that one person who's like, yeah, let me like crack open that door for you and you go ahead and walk through and I was very fortunate in that sense because it changed everything
0:09.7	especially in the way that I saw myself. I was like, I can do new things. I can do things that scare me and challenge me and ultimately I can come out the other side.
0:19.6	I'm Carly Zekeen and I'm Danielle Weisberg. Welcome to 9-to-5-ish with the skin. We've run into so many
0:27.0	questions over the years and had so many moments where we needed advice and we got it from women who'd been there.
0:35.2	And that's what we're bringing you at this show.
0:37.4	Each week we're helping you get what you want out of your career by talking to the smartest
0:41.6	leaders we know.
0:42.8	Because we know your work life is a lot more than 9 to 5.
0:47.4	All right, let's get into it.
0:49.1	Hi, everyone.
0:52.2	Today our guest is Mandy Moore. Mandy is an actress and
0:55.0	musician whose career in the spotlight began when we were growing up. Mandy was
0:59.6	famously discovered by a FedEx delivery man in the late 90s and that discovery
1:03.9	catapulted her to a major music career with epic records. She was only 15.
1:10.0	Wow. Mandy released her debut album and toured with major boy bands you might have heard of Backstreet Boys and In Sank.
1:19.0	We're definitely going to ask about that.
1:21.0	And as she was building her music career, many made a name for herself in
1:24.6	Hollywood too, starring in movies we love, like The Princess Diaries and A Walk to Remember.
1:30.3	More recently, you've probably seen her in TV shows like Dr Death and This is Us.
1:36.0	Mandy's latest project is the audible original podcast The Boers Nest
1:41.0	where she portrays Sue Brewer an unsung hero of the Outlaw Country Music Movement
1:46.2	in 1960s Nashville. Mandy, welcome to Nine to Fiveish.
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