Meena Harris Quotes

Meena Harris

Profession : Lawyer

Birth : October 20, 1984

I never wear heels unless I have to, like if I'm speaking at a panel or going to a reception. I'm always in tennis shoes or flats, and I'm definitely someone who does high-low mixing, like wearing Adidas sandals with blazers.

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I was lucky to have a bunch of really strong female role models in my family.

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My work is myself. That's what makes me feel like I have purpose. It makes me happy and inspired and hopeful - as hard as it may be sometimes.

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I guess maybe my method is to take self-care where you can - even if it is something sort of small and it's not a whole routine. It's this idea of resetting, shutting down, stepping away.

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I mean, I've been kind of bad at self-care. I struggle with tying my self-care to being more effective and more productive. Especially as an entrepreneur, it's hard not to.

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From the beginning, I conceptualised Phenomenal Woman as a social-impact initiative. I knew that the campaign wasn't really about a cool T-shirt, but rather using the T-shirt to benefit and amplify a cause.

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While celebrities with large online followings certainly help to spread a campaign message quickly, they don't make an entire movement. I was strategic in obtaining influencer participation, but I also was intentional in finding ways to mobilise organic grassroots support.

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Thinking like an entrepreneur means establishing a core audience of early adopters and constantly experimenting to make your product better and better. If your initial concept is showing promise and early success, keep iterating to refine and evolve your idea.

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I've always been a creative, entrepreneurial minded person, and I've always been inspired by other creatives, including fashion designers.

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While a lot of the issues we raise awareness around are related, we want to use our platform to draw attention to the fact that the impact they have on different communities is often distinct.

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Working with different communities and organizations allows us to raise awareness in a nuanced and impactful way, while also giving us broad reach.

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You have to train managers to encourage their teams to be entrepreneurial.

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You have to give employees a lot of autonomy to think more creatively and out of the box. You need to hire people who are going to understand how to do this responsively and strategically.

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One of the challenges mature companies face is evaluating performance and furthering the business.

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Supporting the people in our businesses is what we need to be thinking about. It's a no-brainer. It improves leadership. It improves productivity. It cultivates this entrepreneurship concept and improves retention.

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I early on showed interest in the arts and I used to say, 'I'm an artist, I'm an artist.'

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I draw inspiration from people like Dwyane Wade, who I think has become such an incredible leader, especially around and for his daughter Zaya.

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If I were to distill my household, it was a passion for social justice and a love for food and laughter.

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My grandmother actually was not a lawyer, but it feels like I was surrounded by lawyers.

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The reality is people are busy living their lives. People are taking their kids to school in the morning. People want to go to brunch on Saturdays. And that's OK.

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