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The Kardashians Taught Me These Valuable Business Lessons

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It’s hard for me to wrap my mind around people thinking the Kardashian’s are an unintelligent, famous for being famous, unsuccessful family.

According to Forbes, the Kardashian women made $122.5 million dollars from June 2015 to June 2016. That is one year worth of work. ONE YEAR.

Have you ever tried to make more than $2,000 in a week?

It’s pretty hard. As a freelancer writer, I would have to work extreme hours to pull off that kind of cash.

These girls just collectively averaged 2.3 million dollars per week.

It’s time to give credit where it is due. The Kardashian women are working hard and proving that despite being born into a pretty good financial situation, they still pushed the glass ceiling.

They each work on multiple projects at a time, fly around the world for business and are constantly being interviewed.

Their intense work ethic teaches me three valuable business lessons:

It is time to master the art of multitasking. Kim reportedly made $300 million dollars off of her mobile game. One year later, while the game was still a highly coveted app, she launched her personal app. Behind the scenes she’s an executive producer on KUWTK as well as an active character on the show. On top of this, she has perfumes, make up lines, collaborations with her sisters and more secret projects that we haven’t even heard of. And, let’s not forget-she’s a mom of two. Now, if only we could get our hands on her planner to see how in the hell she organizes her life.
It’s okay to be inconvenienced. As a full-time world traveler, I can be the first to say that trying to work while consistently traveling is hard. Really hard. These girls are on planes at least three times in a month. This fast paced, jet lagged lifestyle is not convenient, yet they still do it because it is good business. They meet with business executives, fashion designers, tech giants and more proving that embracing inconvenience reaps major benefits.
To be well known, you have to be seen. Working your way up the corporate ladder? The CEO of your company needs to know you exist. Take note from the Kardashian clan-get yourself seen. Put yourself in front of the people that can change your life for the better because that’s the only way they are going to know that you are worthy of that change. Looking for a promotion? Put yourself in front of the person who is in charge of promotions, showing how valuable you are, that keeping you around is socially enjoyable and that you are a reliant member of the team.

There’s a lot to be learned from a family that made more in one year than most do in a lifetime.

The largest lesson of all?

You reap what you sow.

The harder you work, the greater the benefits. The more open you are to learning new skills, saying yes when it would be easier to say no and pushing yourself out of your comfort zone and talking to important people-the higher your chances of immense success.

By acquiring this work ethic, maybe one day that two million dollar check will have your name on it.

10 Super Fun & Entertaining Podcasts

If you’re obsessed with all types of reality TV, love listening to something that makes you feel like you’re sitting with your girlfriends drinking wine or just love a good celebrity interview then we have found some podcasts for you!

You can listen to these on your commute to and from work or while working out and make your day a whole lot more interesting.

1. The LadyGang

“LadyGang” is a celebrity driven podcast from the minds and mouths of Keltie knight, Jac Vanek and Becca Tobin. Inspired by our bottomless mimosa brunches, each week a celebrity guest joins the girls for a raw, honest and hilarious look at what life is really like under the bright lights of Hollywood. Guests will help the girl gang answer life’s burning questions from listeners in #AskTheLadyGang and share their own unapologetic stories about stumbling through womanhood.
Ice cream binges, late night texts, quarter life crises, and all the sex.

2. The Bitch Bible

A podcast that dares to say what many are thinking, but only a bitch would say. Expect unfiltered and unapologetic discussions about sex, millennial struggles, pop culture, social faux-pas and hopefully, an insightful takeaway. Nothing is off limits. Hosted by Jackie Schimmel, creator of blog “The Bitch Bible,” and your soon-to-be bitchy (and super neurotic) best friend.

3. Shane & Friends

No topic is off limits with this podcast hosted by YouTube star Shane Dawson and his friend Jessie Buttafuoco. They often talk about reality TV and even interview reality TV stars such as Farrah Abrams from Teen Mom. You’ll find hard not to laugh out loud with this one!

4. Fat Mascara

Hosts (and friends!) Jessica Matlin and Jennifer Goldstein turn up the volume and bring you the big, juicy, world of beauty on their weekly podcast. With day jobs as beauty editors, Jess & Jenn are plugged in to the industry’s latest news and share their inside access along with candid stories of their beauty adventures, from celebrity interviews and freaky new facials to miracle products and epic beauty fails. Each week, they also get advice from their favorite people in the business, including Hollywood makeup pros, perfumers, plastic surgeons, and even the manicurist at their local nail salon. Delivered with a heavy dose of fun, Fat Mascara is where beauty obsessives can get their fix.

5. Heather Dubrow’s World

Are you a die hard Real Housewives fan? Then you’ll love this podcast, hosted by Real Housewife of Orange County Star Heather Dubrow. Heather is also an actress, television personality, host, wife and mother. She will be discussing the hippest, hottest, newest trends in health, wellness, beauty, parenting, travel, style and so much more including all things HOUSEWIVES and BOTCHED!

6. Brandi Glanville Unfiltered

Another one for all you Real Housewife fans. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Brandi Glanville debuts as host of her own podcast, Brandi Glanville Unfiltered. Glanville interviews star guests, dishes about pop culture, fashion and celebrity gossip! She also gives listeners behind the scenes access to Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

7. Not Too Deep with Grace Helbig

YouTube star Grace Helbig is the host of this hilarious podcast where she interviews other YouTube and social media stars. Grace asks them hilarious questions such as ‘If you could choose one person to throw cold spaghetti at who would it be and why?’ and other hilarious stuff but she never gets too deep!

8. That’s So Retrograde

Elizabeth Kott and Stephanie Simbari love green juice, a good palm reading, and a guided meditation via YouTube. Also whiskey, the occasional ‘jazz’ cigarette, and the (not-so-occasional) cute boy. Join them on their weekly podcast, That’s So Retrograde, as they seek out their own paths, however twisty they might be. Through interviewing gurus of all types, Elizabeth & Steph, get to the bottom of how to find their best-selves. Or their most okay-selves. Or just themselves. Whatever.

9. Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald

Heather loves juicy scoops, topics and guests and that is just what she’ll be delving into each week on her podcast. Much like the very missed Chelsea Lately, that Heather wrote and appeared on since it’s inception, Heather will tackle the juiciest and most controversial topics that are in the Zeitgeist. Heather will not hold back on her opinion on anything or anyone and when talking to guests ranging anywhere from actors, to comics to reality stars, Heather will ask the questions you were always wondering about yourself.

10. Strong Opinions Loosely Held

Is Instagram making us all into Betty Draper 2.0? Can you follow the Kardashians and still be a feminist? Are there women on death row? Is virality a science or a spiritual connection? Refinery 29’s executive producer, Elisa Kreisinger talks to today’s culture makers and rule breakers to try to solve the mysteries of our modern popular culture.

Watch: Nick Jonas Explain His Hilarious Encounter With Weed

You can always count on Jimmy Fallon to get the best stories out of celebrities and this story Nick Jonas tells about the time he tried a weed lollipop and then walked the red carpet of the Young Hollywood Awards shortly after has to be one of the best stories we’ve heard. We don’t want to give too much away so press play and enjoy!

Some of the Craziest Celebrity Quotes

Sometimes it’s easy to forget that celebrities are just people like us, they go shopping like us, they get drunk like us and they say stupid things without thinking like a lot of us mere mortals tend to do. Here are some of the most hilarious and awkward things celebrities have come out with.

Willow & Jaden Smith

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The Impossibly cool children of Will and Jada Smith told T Magazine their thoughts on time and space or rather lack there of.

“Willow: I mean, time for me, I can make it go slow or fast, however I please, and that’s how I know it doesn’t exist.

Jaden: It’s proven that how time moves for you depends on where you are in the universe. It’s relative to beings and other places. But on the level of being here on earth, if you are aware in a moment, one second can last a year. And if you are unaware, your whole childhood, your whole life can pass by in six seconds. But it’s also such a thing that you can get lost in.

W: Because living.

J: Right, because you have to live. There’s a theoretical physicist inside all of our minds, and you can talk and talk, but it’s living.

W: It’s the action of it.”

Brooke Shields

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The Hollywood starlet was once gave her thoughts on smoking where she stated the obvious:

“Smoking kills. If you’re killed, you’ve lost an important part of your life.”

Jessica Simpson

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If you haven’t heard this famous Jessica Simpson quote yet then you must have been living under a very large rock. Back when she was married to Nick Lachey and they had their reality show together she said this now infamous line:

“Is this chicken, what I have, or is this fish? I know it’s tuna, but it says ‘Chicken by the Sea.”

Britney Spears

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The pop star once said this um… interesting quote when asked her thoughts on visiting Japan:

“I’ve never really wanted to go to Japan. Simply because I don’t like eating fish. And I know that’s very popular out there in Africa.”

Donald Trump

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Now we could easily provide pages and pages of all the ridiculous stuff Trump has said but we thought we’d just share one of the classics for now.

“You know, it really doesn’t matter what the media write as long as you’ve got a young and beautiful piece of ass.”

Paris Hilton

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The hotel Heiress has said many quetionable things but one of her best quotes was when she was asked if she ever went to Wal-Mart and she replied:

“Do they like make walls there?”

Arnold Schwarzenegger

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The terminator star once stated his views on gay marriage:

“I think gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman.”

Mariah Carey

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The singer once said…

“Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can’t help but cry. I mean I’d love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff.”

Kate Moss

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There is this classic from the Super Model who has clearly never tried bacon..

“Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.”

This Makeup YouTuber Transforms Herself into Ruby Rose!

Makeup up magician and YouTube sensation Kandee Johnson has a knack for transforming her face into other people or characters with makeup but we have to say this video of her transforming into Aussie superstar Ruby Rose has to be one of her best!

Ruby Rose Transformation by Kandee Johnson

How to Workout Like a Celebrity From Anywhere in the World

Body by Simone

Aussie born celebrity trainer Simone De La Rue has studios based in LA and New York but she’s now created an online workout program called BBSTV so you can do her workouts from anywhere in the world.

Celebrities who love this workout: Rosie Huntington Whitley, Taylor Swift, Julianne Hough

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What is it?
A mixture of dance cardio and Pilates
Be prepared to work out parts of your body you didn’t even know existed. Doing these workouts at least 3 times a week will give you lean limbs and buns and abs of steel.

Check out BBSTV here

Ballet Beautiful

This workout is created by ballerina Mary Helen Bowers, it’s a firm favourite with Victoria’s Secret model’s because it creates lean but strong ballet dancer limbs. Her studio is based in NYC but she has created online videos so you can do her workouts from the comfort of your own home.

Celebrities who love this workout: A firm favourite with Victoria’s secret angles Lily Aldridge, Gigi Hadid and Aussie access Phoebe Tonkin

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What is it: A mixture of ballet and Pilates
Don’t let the elegance and grace of these workouts fool you, you’ll seriously feel the burn in every move you do and get some serious results.

Check out her online workout program here

The SBC Collective

London based trainer Russel Bateman is known for his primal style workouts and due to the floods of super models that do his workouts he has named his brand ‘The Skinny Bitch Collective’. These workouts are not for the faint hearted and it is almost impossible to get into one of his always booked out classes. So luckily he has now created on online program called ‘The SBC Experience’

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Celebrities who love this workout: Millie Mackintosh, Ellie Goulding, Erin McNaught,

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What is it: A mixture of high intensity interval training using mainly body weight and primal style moves. Expect to be crawling around on your hands a lot.

Check out The SBC Experience here

Xtend Barre

Xtend barre is a combination or pilates, cardio and ballet where you’ll feel like you’re a little girl in ballet class again doing plies at the ballet bar. There are studios based all around the world but for those of us who don’t have a studio near by you can now access the workouts online so you too can have that beautiful strong ballet body.

Celebrities who love this: Margot Robbie, Jennifer Hawkins, Tahyna Tozzi

A video posted by Xtend Barre (@xtend_barre) on Sep 22, 2016 at 7:29pm PDT

What is it: Xtend Barre is Pilates and dance amplified. It brings in elements of dance, ballet and Pilates to create an adrenaline-fueled workout that strengthens, lengthens and chisels the body.

Check out Xtend Barre online here

Woman Crush Wednesday: Julianne Hough

Our woman crush Wednesday goes to the girl who seems to be able to do it all. She can sing, dance and act, all while being one of the sweetest and down to earth girls in the Hollywood.

Here are just some of the reasons we love Ms. Hough:

She can kill it in a lip sync battle