Resilient with Elizabeth Wagmeister

RESILIENT is a mindset - and a choice. It means to be able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions. If you are reading this, you are resilient. You came face to face with a global pandemic that required you to adapt to an extremely difficult situation.

A core principle to being a RESILIENT person is leaning into your emotional intelligence and cultivating a belief in your ability to cope which is why I was excited to speak with award-winning multimedia entertainment journalist Elizabeth Wagmeister. She's taught me a thing or many about being resilient and shares in this episode how she lives it every day and how it's helped her flourish in her career.

Elizabeth is the senior correspondent at Variety and host of The Take - Variety's weekly video roundup of the top entertainment stories of the week. She's also a former co-host of the nationally-syndicated newsmagazine "Page Six TV" which I had the pleasure of casting. Fun fact: It was Elizabeth's first audition and she didn't have an agent.

Elizabeth was named one of Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2019. She established herself as a leading voice in entertainment news by breaking highly influential stories, including the bombshell Matt Lauer investigation, and continues with her on-going coverage of Harvey Weinstein and Brittney Spears.

Every successful career has its pile-up of disappointments, challenges and dead-ends. So how did Elizabeth remain RESILIENT to rise up the ranks in a competitive career field at such a young age? It started by knowing she wasn’t going to take someone else’s NO and make it the final answer. 

Tune in to learn more and follow Elizabeth at @ewagmeister and check out her work at variety.com.