The Diva Rules

by Michelle Visage

I’m not saying I felt better or prettier than anyone else. I didn’t think that, and I still sure as hell don’t. I’m saying that when I realized I had beauty to offer just by being me, I also understood that everyone else did too.

On my lunch break, I went to the dollar store and hauled back a giant bag of candy, which I then set out in a dish on the edge of my desk. I also casually placed my pack of Marlboro Light 100s in plain view, a sign they were available for bumming. Finally, I stashed all the menus of the local restaurants in my top drawer, so if anyone ever got hungry, they’d come to me to place their order. Very quickly, my desk became the social center of the office. Everyone would stop by to grab some candy, have a smoke, order lunch, or just chat, and as a result, not only did I have more fun at work, but I also became more than just the receptionist.

Fill your heart with gratitude and thank every single one of them for making you try harder, risk more, and be better than you ever would have been without them. Without the people who are constantly trying to outshine us, we would be the big, giant C word: complacent!

Don’t worry about things you can’t change, and don’t complain about things you can. That’s the diva code.