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Eve’s Recipe for Success

• A sincere love of the business.
• One positive attitude.
• One winning personality.
• An array of well-developed people skills.
• One large network, along with a vast collection of solid industry relationships.
• Endless reserves of energy.
• Huge portions of assertiveness and chutzpah.
• A touch of humility.
• Heaps of inspiration and creativity.
• A plethora of determination.
• A willingness to start at the bottom and pay your dues.
• An abundance of hard work mixed together with a “can do” philosophy.
• An impressive knowledge of the business, blended thoroughly with an assortment of well-informed opinions.
• The desire to keep learning and to give more than what’s expected.
• The time to have fun and make new friends.
• At least one unique quality that sets you apart from the crowd.
• One foot capable of getting into multiple doors.
• An ability to do well on interviews.
• A workable plan to get you where you want to go.
• The conviction that you’re in it for the long haul.
• The patience and tenacity to get there.
• Enough savings or an alternate source of income to get you through the lean times.
• Oodles of confidence, motivation and self-esteem.
• The intuitiveness to anticipate the needs and tastes of others and to remain a step ahead.
• The talent to deliver a great pitch.
• One Teflon coat.
• Ten gallons of shark repellent to ward off all overinflated egos, nasty tempers, annoying back-stabbers and sleazeballs.
• Liberal amounts of schmoozing.
• The time and effort to keep up contacts.
• The support and recommendation of others.
• One sense of humor.
• At least one helpful and inspiring mentor.
• The belief that in spite of all the competition, rejection, insecurity, uncertainty, nepotism and politics—you will work again, sell a project or get a good role.
• One stellar reputation.
• Generous dashes of passion and excitement.
• A huge sense of pride and accomplishment for having made it this far!