What Ina Garten has said about Career change and reinvention

Garten says the scariest things she has done turned out to be the making of her life.

“find that the really scary things I've done have been the making of my life. And so it's really worth doing”

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Garten endorses a saying she attributes to J.P. Morgan that one need not see the whole path before starting.

“Go as far as you can see, and when you get there, you'll be able to see farther”

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Garten argues that one's 20s should be used for experimenting with different paths.

“Our 20s are for experimenting. Try everything. And you're going to learn something from each experience”

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Garten describes the year after selling the store as the hardest and scariest transition of her life.

“And that was the hardest year of my life. That was the scariest transition I've ever made”

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Garten argues people must practice exercising their power by asking for what they want even if refused.

“I think you have to just learn to exercise your power and just say, this is what I want”

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