Month: March 2018

Let me tell you, I have really good social balls but walking into a room of 1400 of some of the fiercest, most intelligible women in Sydney was… shall I say, daunting?

So it was reassuring that when a mega superstar hollywood actress and a business woman turning over 250 Million dollars in revenue from her lifestyle range was also entering with trepidation into the room I felt validated in my shakey heels. Welcome Kate Hudson. Honest, open and insightful is what I found her to be. Here are 6 things I learnt from attending the Business Chicks lunch with Kate that make me realise celebrities are humans too… ok… Super humans.

 

1. The importance of a family Unit. (OMG! Is Kate the next Oprah?)

When  she was asked what does she put her success down too she talked about the importance of having a strong family unit. This family backing or core tribe is the reason why she swims and doesn’t sink. She explains this by saying “when you have a strong family unit… failure is fine”. We need not fall into a heap when we fail if we have got a strong family unit. Kate expressed that even in her darkest moments when she felt everything was all failing and she found her self struggling to keep everything afloat, that it is in these exact moments you need to stop and ask yourself WHY? Why am I now in this dark moment when I feel like I am suffocating and nothing is working out. What have I done to get myself in this situation? Kate said that it is in these fabulous desperate moments when you need to ask yourself the WHY question because it forces reflection and accountability. When you reflect and accept choices and actions of the past only then does it help you to truly to grow and create positive change and this can be applied personally or to your work or business. She regrets none of her failures and credits her spiritual upbringing in training her to not beat herself up when things go wrong or to sweat the small stuff… but sweating in her fabletics gear is of course fine…

2. The re-birth of the Rom Com and how to be a successful actor.

Kate then goes on to talk about what her one favourite movie was to work on. She singles out “Fools Gold” and she says that it wasn’t so much about her role but about the amazing cast and crew and the location being the coast and the ocean. “Almost Famous” she agrees was a defining moment of her career and just recently watched it with her son Ryder and was in awe of how relevant it still is. She loved working on “Skeleton Key” because  it was a “a naughty movie”. Interestingly, she is desperate to do another Rom Com and spilt the beans on a musical movie she is working on with Sia. She said that “Hollywood has lost seeing the value in a Rom Com and how audiences are dying for more“… but She has finally convinced a studio and is excited about her new collaboration with Sia which stars her singing and dancing… something that she has always loved to do since she was 5 years old and is thrilled she finally gets the chance on the big screen to show off these skills. YAY!

She puts her acting success down to “Luck, handwork, authenticity and love” she said when she isn’t acting she misses it and often questions the authenticity of any actor that has had a break form acting and states they don’t miss it. For Kate acting is fun and not about the fame.

3. Turning 40 and Body Image as you Age.

Kate is turning 40 next year and has no “age fear”. She puts this also down to her spiritual upbringing of what will be… will be and not worrying about things that aren’t in her control. Also the fact that her mother Goldie also told her she “isn’t allowed to say that she is feeling old until she is seventy”… Goldie said “that is when you can complain about being old, because then you look down at your arm and it looks like it isn’t even yours”. Kate expressed that she has never felt more healthier and more content in her own body then she does now…

4. The Difference Between the #metoo and #timesup Movements.

We then moved onto to her new political standing. The #timesup movement steered by Kate. She went on to explain how this is different from the #metoo movement. She sees the #timesup movement to be more productive, to help give women a strong and active voice and to take the next step of actually changing primitive outdated behaviours in our culture. She also wants the #timesup movement to help bring the sisterhood closer together “to drift away from women competing with each other, to women supporting each other”. The #timesup movement as she explains further is about a strong presence of women actively coming forward to create an opportunity for men to raise their consciousness and meet women on their level across all industries. However Kate “doesn’t want to stand on a soap box”. While she acknowledges that she has a powerful platform she is in no way going to take it further and march down the halls of the white house, as being incredibly busy already, it will just take more time away from her kids which is her priority. Speaking of politics, Kate quickly mentioned how she grew up believing in the importance of the constitution and wants to keep the 2nd amendment but thinks there needs to be much stricter gun laws.

5. She sells ATHLEISURE Wear not Active Wear… and earns 250 mill from it.

Fabletics is a digitally native company with 1.2 million members, 22 retails stores across the US 320 Employees in LA and 600 altogether world wide and has grossed 250 million in revenue in 4.5 years. Having zero business knowledge, she puts her success down to a “white space” in Athleisure wear in the industry at the time it launched and by branding Fabletics as a lifestyle company not a performance company.

6. Her new book “Pretty Fun” and the Importance of ‘People Gathering’.

Kate describes herself as the “Ultimate Host”. In her book “Pretty Fun” she wanted to share some of the super fun stuff about her life and she finds so much joy in having parties and entertaining.

She explains it is so beyond the crazy party and getting wasted experience which she doesn’t think is fun but it is more about gathering people together in a social environment where you can just let loose, relax and have pure fun just by having a “shared experience”. Kate is a big believer that by having these gatherings, you are creating a community and as humans it makes us feel safe, validated and happy. Thanks Oprah mark 2! Organising a BBQ now….

Clickkatie would like to thank Jeanne Zweck from Mint Marketing… (mintmarketing.com..au/95310990/info@mintmarketing.com.au) follow them on insta @mint.stagram

   AND the all inspiring fabulous Emma Isaacs (@emmaisaacs) and Olivia Ruello (@oliviaruello) from Business chicks (businesschicks.com.au/82350100/Aust: info@businesschicks.com.au USA: info@businesschicks.com/ insta: @businesschicks)