The Barefoot Contessa has just released a memoirand it’s full of hard-earned wisdom for life outside the kitchen.
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Whodoesntlove Ina Garten?!
The pages inside are dog-eared and splattered, evidence of their good use over the years.
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Suffice it to say, Ina has taught me a lot over the years.
(I never made bacon in a skillet again after she taught me how to bake it.
As Ina would say, how easy is that?
)Then I read her new memoir,Be Ready When the Luck Happens, which is out now.
One of the most anticipated books of the year, it delivers.
Here are some of my takeaways.
It was a Serious Job that surely sounded impressive at cocktail parties, but she was bored to death.
She lived in Washington, D.C., and the store was in New York.
She had no experience.
But she didnt let that stop her.
Unlike so many of us, who get stuck in the Should I/shouldnt I?
decision-making loop, she just went for it.
You dont have to research every bit of minutiae to take your next step.
You just need to start.
She could have let her insecurity derail her, but she pushed past it.
What did she do?
True partners, she taught me, work together to give each other the life they want.
Take credit!
Then another uber-successful woman basically told her to cut it out.
Too many people, and especially women, dont acknowledge their hard work.
