Mindy Kaling is known for her role in The Mindy Project, and for being a trail-blazing, hilarious, and relatable woman. Here are a few pieces of wisdom she’s shared with us all:
Confidence is Key
If you got it flaunt it, and if you don’t got it, flaunt it.
How to be Successful
Hard work pays off: “A lot of people ask how to get to where I am, and the single biggest thing, which is not profound, is that I work like a dog.”
TREAT YOURSELF
“How do you balance job and personal and sleep and woman and female and race and culture and politics and funny and not funny and men and boys and body image and weight and stuff? Lil vodka straight from the bottle!”
Why Not Me?
“‘Why the f*ck not me?’ should be your motto.”
Decide When You Feel Beautiful
“I just figured, if I’m going to be a mess, I might as well be a hot mess, right?”
There’s Plenty of Room At The Top
“You don’t hear, ‘Is Will Ferrell too Steve Carell-y? Is Danny McBride too Aziz-like?’ There’s this mentality that there can only be one woman who is funny and running her own show and if there are more than that, you must hate each other. And, no, it’s like, I wish you could see them more.”
I highly recommend you check out her two books: Why Not Me, and Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me, for more of Mindy’s glorious wisdom.