Ten Things I Wish I'd Known--Before I Went Out Into the Real ... by Maria Shriver

Oh, and she said it was like going down a churning Whitewater river on a tiny little raft. She says, all righty, it’s going to be personal hair reviews. Shriver doesn’t look as if she cares about anything, to the answers, to any questions except where’s my brush? She sucks in her cheeks and deflates her face looking a little like one of those cartoon characters who got slipped, a dose of alum.”

“Forrest Sawyer is partnered on the program with Maria Shriver’s hair. And then income, the reviews, and she was saying, I’m trying not to pay attention to them, but how can I not when the following is in the Washington Post and here it is: So here they were and they were doing their thing and it was going great.

I mean this was like she has hit the big time.

This was like being a member of the elite club of women anchoring the national morning shows. But I love this, she talks about, she finally got this job to be the co-anchor of the CBS morning news and she said that was thrilling at the time to get equal billing and equal compensation with the co-anchor, which at the time it was Forrest Sawyer. It just is, and especially if you’re trying to move forward on something that matters most to you and is really one of those passion, purpose things, you’re going to fail in some part of it, in some fashion. You think, yeah, yeah, I get that, but that’s for other people because I can’t fail on this, right or you don’t start something because you’re so afraid you’re going to fail and it’s going to be humiliating and it’s going to cost time and energy and money and all of those things, but it is a package deal in life. And we know that to our toes, right? But sometimes you know it in your brain, but you don’t really agree with it in your heart. The first one she says is be willing to fail. So the first one, you know I like to jump right in. So I’m just going to share with you a couple of little gems, but believe me, there’s many, many more in there. She goes through with such candor and wisdom and just her voice. It’s Maria Shriver’s 10 things I wish I’d Known Before I Went Out Into the Real World, and it is actually an expanded version of her acclaimed commencement address for the College of Holy Cross and it is fabulous. It’s an older one and it is one of my favorites. And today I have a fabulous book that is for the book bites and it is hysterical. It’s Connie Sokol and thanks for joining me again for wonderful things. I’m reaching and teaching 1 million listeners to live a purposeful, organized and joyful life. Hi, I’m Connie Sokol, a national speaker, bestselling author, program founder, and mother of seven and loving it. (The following is the transcript of the podcast.) Book Bite Ten Things I Wish I’d Known Before I Went Out into the Real World by Maria Shriver

Ten Things I Wish I'd Known--Before I Went Out Into the Real ... by Maria Shriver