on a YouTube channel that has yet to post a single full-length video. Here\u2019s how McGraw is prepping for her next on-camera act, and what kind of mentor she\u2019s hoping will find her at the top. <\/em><\/p>\nMy first job<\/h2>\n
I worked at a clothing store on La Brea when I was 16. I couldn\u2019t tell you the name of it now if you paid me! My parents made me do it\u2014they said I couldn\u2019t do nothing all summer. Looking back, I think it\u2019s a rite of passage. Everyone should have some sort of responsibility at 16! It was great, just not my destiny. I was very meticulous about spacing the racks and making sure everything looked great when it was hanging up. I was also good at the social side because I loved<\/em> talking to customers. I might have been too honest, though. I would tell people, \u201cThat doesn\u2019t look right on you; don\u2019t buy it.\u201d<\/p>\nMy worst job<\/h2>\n
That was also my worst job, because I made zero money. I would spend everything I made buying clothes. The lesson there is: Save your money and don\u2019t just put it back into the business you\u2019re working for.<\/p>\n\nThe best business advice I\u2019ve ever gotten<\/h2>\n
Trust your gut. Especially when you\u2019re promoting something that\u2019s emotionally tied to you, you cannot second-guess yourself. If you feel something strongly, don\u2019t let yourself get talked out of it.<\/p>\n
My most important mentor<\/h2>\n
I try to be my own <\/em>mentor, but my mom has been incredibly influential in how I think, how I approach things, how I handle situations. There was a period when I was in my twenties where she was like, \u201cMorgan, what are you going to do? <\/em>We can\u2019t just keep paying for you.\u201d My parents always knew I was smart and influential; they just wanted me to channel it into something with results. Then I started my blog, and that\u2019s when things started to click. Now that I have kids, my mom has shifted to asking if I\u2019m working too<\/em> much. But I love it. It\u2019s good for kids to see their moms really going for it.<\/p>\nMy dream advisory board<\/h2>\n
Joan Rivers, honestly! And I love Chelsea Handler\u2014when Chelsea Lately<\/em> came out, I watched that and thought, that is my destiny; that is who I am.<\/em> I love that Chelsea has stayed true to herself and never changed who she is.<\/p>\nWhy it\u2019s time to have a podcast\u2026<\/h2>\n
I\u2019m an obsessive person\u2014I have a tight-knit group of friends I constantly talk to about the same things. The podcast lets me purge all of it\u2014the anxieties, the insecurities, the thoughts, all the noise\u2014to the people I haven\u2019t been in constant contact with, my followers, and fans. I go into what my life has been like over the last three years since Nightly Pop<\/em> went off the air. I\u2019ve had a lot of family trauma, a lot of loss, and also a lot of gain with having children. I really delve into my mental and emotional state to give people a clear picture of what I\u2019ve been through.<\/p>\n\n\n
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Renggli is my baby. It drives me, I\u2019m protective over it, I\u2019m passionate about it. It gives me the ability to learn something every single day, to put my creative vision into something real\u2014what I want to see people in, what feels right. I stand by it completely, and it\u2019s exciting to see other <\/em>people standing by it, too. We\u2019re able to expand because people love it. That\u2019s the most exciting thing to me as a founder\u2026I put everything I possibly can into it. I just want it to grow.<\/p>\nHow I deal with cynics<\/h2>\n
You know, there are people\u2014especially in the fashion world\u2014who are like, \u201c<\/em>Oh, she\u2019s just that girl from that TV show.\u201d Those are the people I like to prove wrong. The reality is, I\u2019m going to be in this space a lot longer than they will. And it\u2019s always important to be nice to people early on. Being not nice is extremely uncool! Kindness is very attractive.<\/p>\nWhat I wish I\u2019d known earlier<\/h2>\n
I had a sportswear line called Morgan Stewart Sport and I carried it about two years longer than I should have. The lesson: Know when to walk away. Be able to read all the data in front of you and read the room. When something is over, it\u2019s over.<\/p>\n
What I hope other women know about being a boss<\/h2>\n
You do not need to be friends with the people who work for you. You can be friendly while still having a boundary. And you shouldn\u2019t feel bad about asking people to do their job\u2014holding people accountable is actually what they want. People want to know they\u2019re hitting the standard. I\u2019ve learned to be as direct, clear, and informative as possible.<\/p>\n
How my life has changed with small kids<\/h2>\n
My day is now very structured into work hours and mom hours. I recently got an office outside of the house, so when I go home, I get to be fully present as a mom. Mornings are for me to be a mom, evenings are for me to be a mom, and I try to schedule all my Zooms and work things around pickup and drop-off times. It\u2019s hard\u2014especially when I travel. My daughter definitely gives me the side-eye when I\u2019m gone over a weekend, but that\u2019s just because she misses me. She\u2019s five, so she understands more that I might be gone sometimes because of work. But neither of my kids fully understands what a \u201cpodcast\u201d is, yet. I\u2019ve jokingly asked them to come on and they\u2019ve looked at me like, \u201cMom, you\u2019ve lost it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Why I never read the comments<\/h2>\n
I\u2019m a very anxious person. I want to put good into the world, make people feel good, make people laugh\u2014and then completely disassociate from the response to that. Other people\u2019s opinions of me are not my business. I\u2019ll put out my product, people absorb it, they form their opinions, and they can give their opinions. I don\u2019t need to see them. The proof is, are people wearing these clothes? Are people watching this show? That\u2019s it.<\/p>\n
Why my mantra is a work in progress<\/h2>\n
I just had Khlo\u00e9 Kardashian on the show. This woman gets up at 4 o\u2019clock in the morning, and she prays, and she channels positive energy, and she has mantras. She was telling me about them and I was like, \u201cOh gosh, I cannot imagine this.\u201d I wake up and I\u2019m lucky if I think anything, because I\u2019m in the middle of being scattered, of running late to something. I was like, \u201cMaybe I can wake up and say, \u2018Today\u2019s going to be a great day.\u2019\u201d And I could, I guess. But to me, what feels real is to stop for a second, not necessarily in the morning but at some point, and just remind myself, \u201cMorgan, you\u2019re so lucky to be doing what you\u2019re doing.\u201d But it\u2019s not going to be at 4 A.M.<\/p>\n
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n