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How I Get It Done

Successful women talk about managing their careers, and their lives.

how i get it done

Aurora James Is Too Busy For This Interview

 The Brother Vellies designer talks 80-hour workweeks, supporting Black entrepreneurs, and wearing Issey Miyake to the gym. By Danya Issawi

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  1. Queen Latifah Shares Her Secret to Staying Young“I want to be 90 years old, still feeling like I can connect to the youth.”
    By Faith Cummings
  2. Phoebe Robinson Gets Past Writer’s Block With Help From BonoDo Not Disturb mode comes in handy too.
    By Olivia Truffaut-Wong
  3. How ABC News President Kim Godwin Gets It DoneShe took time out of her 15-hour workday to tell us about her first year as the first Black woman to serve as a network news president.
    By Elana Klein
  4. How Hairstylist Nikki Nelms, the ‘Hair MacGyver,’ Gets It Done“I have to be at my best for my clients. And I will only be good for them if I’m good to myself.”
    By Faith Cummings
  5. Katy Perry Cures Her Hangovers With MeditationHow the multiplatinum pop star gets it done.
    By Charlotte Cowles
  6. Shanta Thake Put a Disco Ball in Lincoln CenterAs the institution’s chief artistic officer, her top priority is pushing beyond the confines of traditional classical music.
    By Danielle Cohen
  7. Camila Mendes Is Taking Control of Her Career“I don’t want to be ‘for hire’ as much as I want to be a boss.”
    By Brooke LaMantia
  8. How Pantheon Editor Concepción de León Gets It DoneShe doesn’t write about self-help anymore, but she still had a lot of valuable career, money, and life advice to share.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  9. How Hanifa Designer Anifa Mvuemba Gets It Done During Fashion Week“My team knows when I’m in New York it’s for work, but it’s also me enjoying myself.”
    By Asia Milia Ware
  10. How Stylist Zerina Akers Gets It Done During Fashion Week“There’s industry hours and then there’s New York City hours.”
    By Joanna Nikas
  11. How Makeup Artist Katie Jane Hughes Gets It Done During Fashion Week“I feel weirdly unfulfilled if I wake up at nine o’clock; I feel like I’ve wasted half of my day.”
    By Asia Milia Ware
  12. How Manicurist Jin Soon Choi Gets It Done During Fashion Week“If one hour before the show we still have models to do, my heart starts pounding. I want everything done without any delay or drama.”
    By Danya Issawi
  13. How Über-Publicist Gia Kuan Gets It Done During Fashion Week“People would be shocked. It takes me maybe three minutes to deal with my makeup, do my hair, and get out the door.”
    By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
  14. Ana Fabrega Was Supposed to Work in Finance, Not ComedyFortunately for us Los Espookys fans, she pivoted.
    By Max Gao
  15. How Street-Style Photographer Christina Fragkou Gets It Done During Fashion Week“If my headphones are not in and the music is not pumping: I’m asleep or I’m crying.”
    By Brooke LaMantia
  16. How Activist Amanda Nguyen Gets It Done During Fashion Week“A key part of activism is joy, the most radical form of rebellion. I find a lot of joy in fashion, and that’s why I’m involved in these shows.”
    By Olivia Luppino
  17. How Highsnobiety Editor-in-chief Willa Bennett Gets It Done During Fashion Week“I’m very strategic about my time. If that means I have to wake up at five or 4:30, I’ll do it.”
    By Brooke LaMantia
  18. How Fashion Critic Cathy Horyn Gets It Done During Fashion Week“Get yourself to the show, and get yourself back to the office. No fanfare.”
    By Emilia Petrarca
  19. How Celebrity Hairstylist Justine Marjan Gets It Done During Fashion Week“Creating a powerful hairstyle that becomes a trend is always the ultimate goal.”
    By Chinea Rodriguez
  20. Lulu Garcia-Navarro Wants to Hear Your Unpopular Opinion“If I only interviewed people with whom I agree, it would be a pretty boring career.”
    By Angelina Chapin
  21. Even the Parenting Whisperer Has Help“I would love to disabuse anyone of the notion that anyone is some ‘super parent’ who ‘does it all,’” says Dr. Becky Kennedy.
    By Claire Lampen
  22. Leslie Russo, the Woman Who Makes Fashion Week Happen, Is Very Busy Right NowBut never too busy to answer the siren call of the occasional “decadent nap.”
    By Danya Issawi
  23. How FIT President Dr. Joyce Brown Gets It Done“I really do think we are in a position to make a tremendous difference. There’s nothing quite like the transformative power of education.”
    By Chinea Rodriguez
  24. How the Root’s Editor-in-Chief Gets It DoneVanessa De Luca on 4:30 a.m. dog walks, facing rejection, the sanctity of lunch, and 20 years in media spent “serving the Black community.”
    By Olivia Truffaut-Wong
  25. How Kerry Washington Gets It Done“I’m not good at compartmentalizing and only bringing part of myself into a room.”
    By Faith Cummings
  26. Sounds Like Working at LEGO HQ Is As Fun As You’d Imagine“We have LEGO bricks in every conference room. It’s encouraged in meetings that we make playful games.”
    By Olivia Luppino
  27. How Johnnie Walker’s ‘Master Blender’ Gets It DoneEmma Walker, the top woman in Scotch, on going from chemistry Ph.D. to “whiskey scientist.”
    By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
  28. How Comedian Michelle Buteau Gets It Done“I want to have that Parisian joie-de-vivre bullshit but also the New York hustle.”
    By Charlotte Cowles
  29. We Want an Invite to Photographer Amanda de Cadenet’s Group ChatCool women checking in with each other and sharing Rilke poems? Yes, please.
    By Emilia Petrarca
  30. How Miss Universe Harnaaz Sandhu Gets It DoneThe 22-year-old is using her reign to speak about menstrual equity.
    By Andrea González-Ramírez
  31. How Juliette Binoche Gets It DoneThe actress tells the Cut about almost drowning while filming, her favorite chocolat, and why she doesn’t watch movies before bed.
    By Jenna Mahale
  32. How Pro Wrestler and WWE Superstar Bianca Belair Gets It DoneAnd a message to the Rock: You need to put her in your next movie.
    By Jane Starr Drinkard
  33. Ashley Graham Is on Her Second Cup of Coffee by 7 a.m.How the supermodel and mother to three young boys gets it done.
    By Asia Milia Ware
  34. This Baby-Formula Founder Considers Herself a Wartime CEOBobbie CEO Laura Modi on working through a national crisis.
    By Katie Heaney
  35. Sarah Kate Ellis Swears That You Really Can Get Over Impostor SyndromeHow the president and CEO of GLAAD gets it done.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  36. Dr. Orna Guralnick Will Serve You a Dose of RealityHow the psychoanalyst and star of Couples Therapy gets it done, from double-double espressos to the soothing sound of Annette Bening’s voice.
    By Hope Reese
  37. E! Host Nina Parker Isn’t Afraid to Make Mistakes“I’m no longer in a place where I need to be loved by everybody. The right people find you.”
    By Chinea Rodriguez
  38. How Frieze L.A. and New York Director Christine Messineo Gets It DoneShe’s the first person to oversee both art fairs and is currently gearing up for New York’s tenth edition.
    By Liam Freeman
  39. How Alicia Graf Mack, Director of Juilliard’s Dance Division, Stays En PointeThe dancer, educator, and mother of two never stops moving.
    By Jane Starr Drinkard
  40. How Roman and Williams Co-founder Robin Standefer Gets It DoneFew designers have had a more indelible impact on New York interiors in the past two decades.
    By Danielle Cohen
  41. How Puma’s Creative Director Gets It DoneJune Ambrose is also Jay-Z and Missy Elliott’s longtime stylist.
    By Charlotte Cowles
  42. How Dr. Lucy Jones, ‘the Beyoncé of Earthquakes,’ Gets It DoneBeing a government-service celebrity was never seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones’s plan. Nobody told her 170,000 Twitter followers.
    By Colleen Hagerty
  43. How Congresswoman Katherine Clark Gets It DoneThe Assistant Speaker handles a grueling schedule and tough legislative battles with a little help from her group chat.
    By Andrea González-Ramírez
  44. How Labor Activist Ai-jen Poo Gets It DoneAnd how she stays hopeful in the face of cynicism.
    By Mia Mercado
  45. How CNN Anchor Erin Burnett Gets It DoneAnd how a piece of fan mail changed the course of her career.
    By Olivia Truffaut-Wong
  46. How Emma Chamberlain Gets It Done“My work and my life are wrapped up together, and my work is never off my mind. I can’t ever check out.”
    By Faith Cummings
  47. Lady Gaga’s Mom Is Making Kindness CoolHow Cynthia Germanotta, Lady Gaga’s mother and president of Born This Way Foundation, gets it done.
    By Emilia Petrarca
  48. How Margaret Atwood Gets It DoneOn skipping lunch, writing in the cellar, and casting a wary eye on reviews.
    By Hope Reese
  49. How Bon Appétit Editor-in-chief Dawn Davis Gets It DoneThe writer and author endorses cooking a big Sunday meal and not sending emails after 8 p.m.
    By Kathleen Hou
  50. How Talitha Watkins Gets It DoneAs president and head of ColorCreative Management, she’s shifting the paradigm for women and people-of-color creators.
    By Jewels Dodson
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