{"id":46022,"date":"2025-11-05T23:21:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T23:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isafespend.com\/?p=46022"},"modified":"2025-11-05T23:21:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T23:21:04","slug":"these-media-veterans-want-you-to-own-getting-fired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isafespend.com\/?p=46022","title":{"rendered":"These Media Veterans Want You to Own Getting Fired"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  • \u201cAll the Cool Girls Get Fired\u201d advises readers on how to turn losing your job into an epic comeback.<\/li>\n
  • Laura Brown, former editor in chief of \u201cInStyle\u201d magazine, and Kristina O\u2019Neill, former editor in chief of \u201cWSJ\u201d magazine, draw on their personal experiences and advice from the likes of Oprah Winfrey.<\/li>\n
  • The idea for the book came from a viral Instagram Brown posted after she and O\u2019Neill lost their jobs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n

    We work our asses off \u2014 sometimes we get fired up by the results, and other times we just get plain fired. That\u2019s always fun, right?<\/p>\n

    This week on How Success Happens<\/i>, I spoke with Laura Brown, who was the editor in chief of InStyle<\/i> magazine\u2026until she wasn\u2019t. And Kristina O\u2019Neill, who was editor in chief of WSJ<\/i> magazine\u2026until she, also, wasn\u2019t. As they put it very bluntly in their incredible book, All the Cool Girls Get Fired<\/i>, they were \u201cshitcanned\u201d (their words, not mine). But they think it is time to stop sugar-coating the end of a job and start viewing it as an opportunity to start the next big thing in our professional lives. No more \u201cI\u2019ve decided to spend more time with my family\u201d B.S. messaging \u2014 own that you got fired, and move forward.<\/p>\n

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    That perspective certainly worked for them \u2014 Brown went on to found LB Media and is the chair of (RED)\u2019s Creative Council, and O\u2019Neill is head of Sotheby\u2019s Media and editor in chief of Sotheby\u2019s Magazine<\/i>. The mindset has also worked for many other famous fire-ees, whom they spoke to for the book, including Lisa Kudrow, Jamie Lee Curtis, Oprah Winfrey, Carol Burnett and Katie Couric.<\/p>\n

    Watch our conversation above or listen here, and check out some key takeaways from Brown and O\u2019Neill to transform your thinking on what, in the moment, might feel like the worst thing that could happen, but in the long run can lead to bigger and better things.<\/p>\n