So, I’m back (it was a painless checkup - all intact except wallet €€€)
Anyhow, back to the podcast. As
@Oops said, zero blame on her side for failure of Glóby
Re Defining Moments (Glóby/Covid was #3 - already posted)
#1. Uni - She didn’t have the brains to do the course she wanted so she went the unconventional route of working in a fashion shop in Watford and the vlog became a hobby when she went to Uni as a creative outlet so that she could continue to enjoy her love of styling, fashion and trends. She realised that she wanted to do it full time, but that meant leaving her job, getting a mortgage and her dad was unsure but she manifested her career, ie ‘ manifesting my life through my work - no self doubt’, you are not a tree - you do not have to stay still. Roxie says - your self belief is your super power!! Gush, gush, blah, blah...
#2 defining moment (bit more interesting) Mid career circa 2016
‘By then, if you had management, you had made it. It didn’t work out and I was crushed. Where do I go? I couldn’t handle the emails, contracts, negotiation.. overwhelming. It was sink or swim. I made my best friend my manager and over three months I built my team. I stole her from Asos.. she saw the state of my taxes and she helped me and it was the best decision I ever made. So rare in this line of work that people care about you, are passionate about you. I think management conglomerates are gone.’
Things she’s learned about friendship
‘Everything I thought I knew was crap. In school, there were throwaway friendships. When you work with your best friend, you can’t be flippant. You have to communicate and show a level of commitment and understanding like a romantic relationship - a key pillar like a marriage. Everyone was oooh, that’s not the norm and at that time there were three major managing companies but I built my team in-house. Carrie is passionate about me, knows me inside and out and it’s a recipe for success.
Re Trolls
(Roxie tries not to break down as she describes when Lydia posted some examples of trolls messages to her)
‘First thing I said to Jacqueline - I have nowhere to put this negative energy. J said why are you absorbing it? This is not yours to hold on to. I was like - all these years - 10yrs - I was storing this and nobody told me this. When I posted those comments, I felt I would get more of them but now I don’t get anything.. and it’s the moment you shift your focus from negative energy to positive energy it just disappears. I used to think I was the only person who’s getting this. I’m not the only one with a you tube channel and instagram. I think if anyone’s feeling the same way, overwhelmed with negative energy, change it - you don’t have to exist this way. My life coach taught look only at the facts, not opinions. If someone says Lydia, you are on another planet, it’s an opinion, not a fact so I go through every single comment - my brain like a roladex - opinion, opinion, opinion... until I find a fact, it’s not for me to take on board.
Quickfire questions
Fave book The Sweet Spot, Manifest and the Sold for Happy(?)
Fave movie The Holiday (
), Downton
Fave quote ‘She stepped out of the race she never wanted to be in’
Role Model. Jacqueline Hurst