Ann Ian len trong mot gia dinh c6 truyen thdng phuc vu trong Khong Quan My. Hoc chua den lap 6 c6 da phai ddi qua sau ngoi truang, thuoc cac vung Biloxi, Mississippi va Nhat
Joanna Barsh, Susie Cranston va Geoffrey Lewis
Ban. D o n nhan su thay ddi tra thanh pham chat con nguoi c6,
chii khong con la vice phai lam. Va v i la diia chau gai Ion nhat
trong so 32 ngiroi chau trong gia dinh nen c6 so hiiu mot to chat khac rat ndi troi, do la tinh than lanh dao. Anna ke, " T o i cho la minh da phai ganh vac trach nhiem t u khi con kha nho. M a C l i n g C O the toi chiu anh hirong t u me, ngiroi mot tay cham lo viec nha, cham soc gia dinh, quan ly trirong hoc, trong nom viec nha tho va diing dau ca uy ban chinh tri d dia phuong. Ba la mot nghe si tung hiing mot each thanh thao, c6 td chiic nhat ma toi tung biet. Va ba rat gioi trong viec bao con cai lam theo y m i n h . "
M e cua A n n tung mong con gai m i n h se t r d thanh y ta gidng v6i moi phu nir khac trong gia dinh c6. N h u n g dieu A n n mudn lai hoan toan khac. " T o i nghi truoc khi c6 hai cau con trai, thai diem me toi chi sinh lien tuc ba c6 con gai, cha toi - von la mot ngudi ham mo the thao - da tin r i n g m i n h chi c6 the sinh con gai. V i vay nhan dip Giang sinh nam toi hoc lop 5, ong mua cho toi mot trai bong rd. T o i ao u6c khi Ion len minh se t r d thanh cau thu chuyen nghiep voi thu thuat nem bong tuyet v o i . " Mac du khi l6n len A n n khong theo diing con
dudng CO mong mudn, nhung the thao van dong mot phan
quan trong trong cuoc song cua c6. " T o i that su cho rang sir nghiep hien nay cua toi tat ca bat ngudn t u bong r d , " A n n noi. Sau khi tot nghiep Trudng K i n h doanh Harvard, toi nhan mot cong viec tai Time Inc. boi toi mudn dugc lam viec cho t d the
t\\diO Sports Illustrated." i,t
Dich gia: Udng Xuan Vy - Vi Thao Nguyen
A n n chuyen tam trui ren kha nang cua minh va khuyen
0ipi ngirdi hay lam dieu tuong tu. "Neu ban mudn t i m mot su nghiep y nghia, hay b i t dau bang viec t i m kiem tat ca nhung ddu mdi ban cd. Cau hoi sd 1, ban la ai?" cd ndi. " T o i se ndi ban nghe dieu ma ban than toi thay nd rat ky quae: cd bao nhieu ngudi ndi rang ho khong thfch lam viec vdi nhirng con so nhung lai ep m i n h di theo nghe tai chinh. Tai sao ban khong dira vao the manh cua minh? D u n g mai am anh ve nhiing diem yeu. Ban c6 the tien xa hon rat nhieu neu biet phat huy the manh cua ban than. A i cung cd the manh ca."
A n n lam diing vdi nhung gi cd khuyen ngudi khac lam va nhirng gi cd tin tudng, bat chap rui ro trong su nghiep. " T d i tung t u chdi quyet dinh thang chiic, va ban quan ly cap cao that sir ndi gian vi dieu d d , " A n n ke. " N h u n g ddi vdi tdi dd la quyet dinh diing dan. Se that su la mot sai lam to idn neu tdi tu bd nhiing gi m i n h dang lam de chuyen sang mot linh vuc minh khong that su thich. Se rat girgng ep. Hanh dong ngugc ddi dd da gay l i m rac rdi cho toi, va tdi phai tra gia. N h u n g dd la nhung gi tdi phai lam. Liic nay nhung vi sep dd dau cdn ngdi day, nhung tdi thi cdn."
Khi nhin cac ban minh, A n n nhan ra nhiing ngudi hanh phiic nhat chinh la nhung ngudi danh gia ban than chinh xac nhat. " H p biet ro ho la ai," cd giai thich. " H o biet nhiing gia tri song cua minh la gi, va hp quyet dinh dua tren nhiing chan gia t r i d d . " '
Rat cd the viec danh gia diing ban than chinh la ly do de • ^ n bat tay cho ra ddi mot t d tap chi mdi, song song vdi nhiing
Joanna Barsh, Susie Cranston va Geoffrey Lewis
an pham dang c6 cho diing vung vang cua Time Inc. nhu Time,
Fortune va People. Cho ra doi tap chi moi la mot buoc di mao
hiem trong kinh doanh, va ngoai kha nang phai tru vung trong thoi gian dau, no doi hoi o ban siic sang tao de xac dinh chinh xac nhirng nhu cau con bi bo ngo cua doc gia, cung nhu tim kiem thi trucmg quang cao phu hop sin long h6 trg xuat ban pham nay. ' • ' i.; - . . .,;. .
' Do la liic Ann phai quyet dinh. "Thai diem toi gia nhap, chiing toi moi c6 nam to tap chi, tat thay deu nham vao doc gia
la nam gioi, tru to People" c6 nho lai. "Vao khoang 1984, toi c6 con va ra mat an pham dau tien Sport Illustrated For Kids (The
Thao Ddnh Cho Tre Em), boi toi so con trai minh se khong bao
gia chiu doc nhung an pham kia."
v; Kha nang tien doan miic do thanh cong chinh la so truong tuyet v6i cua Ann, va dieu nay da giiip c6 dan ddt dpi ngu minh khong ngung doi moi. Vi du, khong may nguoi tin
to In Style's (Phong Cdch) se thanh cong. Ann nho lai: "Ai cung
cuoi nhao. Ba nam sau, khong con ai dam cuoi kieu do nua." Boi dpi ngu cua Ann da cai tien no thanh mot an pham moi chuyen ve lam dep va thai trang, lat do mpi tap chi khac, vucm
len vi tri quan quan. Truong hpp cua to Real Simple (Gidn Dan)
cung khong khac may, c6 nhan xet. "Mpi nguoi loi so dau tien ra lam tro cuoi, ma diing the that, no qua kinh khung. Nhung toi noi, 'Toi c6 niem tin manh me vao y tuong nay den n6i toi se ra ngoai kia, gom het so dau tien ve, lam lai cai moi.' Toi biet chiing toi khong de khuat phuc nhu the. Nu gioi dang rat cang thang trong cuoc song va hp can mot to tap chi giiip cuoc song
Djch gia: Uong Xuan Vy - Vi Tliao Nguyfin
cua hp on dinh tro lai. Trung binh mot nguoi phu nu tai My can 55 phut mot ngay chi de di tim thii nay thii kia. Thai gian la mon hang quy gia nhat toi c6 the mang lai cho hp." Chi trong
vong hai nam, Real Simple tro thanh mot ngoi sao sang.
Thanh cong ma Ann c6 duac la nho vao nhung the manh
cot loi CO so huu, ke ca kha nang dam duong dau voi thuc te va
dua ra nhirng quyet dinh kho khan. "Co mot an pham khong
dupe may mSn la tap chi Makeover (Lam Mai Cuoc Dai)," c6
noi. "Y tuong thi rat tuyet, nhung khi bat tay vao thuc hien, chiing toi nhan ra chuyen khong nhu minh nghi. Cac phu nu trong nhom khach hang ma chiing toi huong den deu tu chdi, 'Khong, cam on. Ban c6 the lam lai toe, trang diem lai cho toi, nhung toi yeu cuoc song hien tai.' Vi vay chiing toi quyet dinh ngung ngay sau so dau tien."
Ban can thoi gian de kham pha ra dau la the manh cua minh, va can them rat nhieu thoi gian de bien chiing thanh nang luc ban than. "Toi lam tot cong viec nay," Ann noi. Nhung c6 cung nhan manh ring mpi thii khong phai dien ra chi sau mot dem. "Qua trinh ay la mot cuoc dua ma-ra-tong duong dai, khong phai thi chay nuoc riit. Ban dung vpi va tim each vuon len hang dau qua som, vi ban chua chuan bi ky cang dau." Sau 25 nam theo dudi su nghiep, Ann nit ve lam cd van cho doanh nghiep. Mot the nianh moi ciia c6 chang? Gia day c6 lanh trach nhiem chpn diing nguoi cho diing viec, dieu nay se giiip nhan vien phat buy het nang ^Vrc cung nhu nhung gi tdt dep nhat ciia hp.
Joanna Barsh, Susie Cranston va Geoffrey Lewis