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A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success by Maye Musk
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“If at the moment you feel as though you don’t have any talents, go to a time in the past when you felt confident about some aspect of your life. Work on that section, study it, share it, and become more interesting. If you have a profession, a hobby, or a special interest, read about it, and mention it in conversations. Be excited about it, and you’ll be more interesting and more intelligent.”
Maye Musk, A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success
“At twenty-one you are no longer an orphan.” This means, you need to take responsibility for your future life. The harder you work, the easier it is for luck to find you.”
Maye Musk, A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success
“I needed to figure out what to do next—a new plan. Planning felt impossible until one of my friends came to my rescue. Her advice was simple. She told me to spend half an hour every day remembering happy times and suggested that it would help me decide what to do next.”
Maye Musk, A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success
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“My advice is to be kind to others, listen to others, and be upbeat. Don’t start talking about your miserable life. Show confidence, respect, interest in others, and smile; that will make you fascinating”
Maye Musk, A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success
“No matter how big or small the opportunity, someone else will always answer the question for you of “why not?” But think about what’s going to make you happy.”
Maye Musk, A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success
“If it’s not going to change, get out of it as soon as you can, even if you end up having nothing afterward or thinking you’ll have nothing afterward. Or be financially strapped afterward.”
Maye Musk, A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success
“There are very many things a person can be. I’d rather my gravestone read ‘She was funny’ than ‘She was beautiful.”
Maye Musk, A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success
“My mom used to say, ‘If you are unhappier when he is with you than when you are alone, get out of the relationship. If you are happier when he’s with you than when he’s not with you, then you stay in the relationship.”
Maye Musk, A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success
“All it takes is a little bug, or a minor mishap, and you’re down for days. That’s when you realize that health is everything.”
Maye Musk, A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success
“The “secret” to health is eating more fruits and vegetables and whole grains and legumes and dairy, and eating what you enjoy, in small portions, when you are hungry. The best health plan is the sustainable one—the one you will stick to, even when you are stressed, or tired, or too busy to pay a lot of attention to it. You don’t need a pill. You need a plan.”
Maye Musk, A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success
“The best diets to follow to keep your body and mind healthy include the DASH diet, Mediterranean diet, and the Flexitarian diet. All these diets require planning ahead.”
Maye Musk, A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success
“That ended up being quite fun and opened up a whole new fashion arena for me. Because of that shoot, we got to show that fashion has no age limit. • • • What I have learned is that sometimes you could be uncomfortable with your style, but give it a try, and don’t let anything like age limit you.”
Maye Musk, A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success
“Things broke. We didn’t panic. We fixed them and carried on. In life, we fear many things that don’t happen. When bad things happen, we need to find a solution.”
Maye Musk, A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success
“The “secret” to health is eating more fruits and vegetables and whole grains and legumes and dairy, and eating what you enjoy, in small portions, when you are hungry.”
Maye Musk, A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success
“The physiology here is that all your energy goes to digesting food, and you have little energy for the rest of your body. When you are eating well, you have a lot more energy.”
Maye Musk, A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success
“They understand the importance of diet in the prevention and treatment of many disease conditions such as diabetes, cancer, hypertension, and heart disease, and their advice can enhance your quality of life.”
Maye Musk, A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success
“I also ask them to empty the fridge, as I’ll need space for my own food. I’ll go to the local market and get milk, cereal, fruit, nuts, and yogurt. I might even buy a whole wheat roll with some butter, cheese, and tomato if I think I would need a more substantial snack.”
Maye Musk, A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success
“When you have good eating habits, you have more energy and feel fantastic, but it takes time and persistence. That was the basis of my nutrition counseling.”
Maye Musk, A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success
“There is a saying: “At twenty-one you are no longer an orphan.” This means, you need to take responsibility for your future life. The harder you work, the easier it is for luck to find you.”
Maye Musk, A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success
“I love my kids, and I’m so proud of them for everything that they have accomplished. My oldest child, Elon, is making electric cars to save the environment and launching rockets. My middle child, Kimbal, opened farm-to-table restaurants and is teaching children across the country to build fruit and vegetable gardens in underserved schools. My youngest child, Tosca, runs her own entertainment company, producing and directing romance films from bestselling novels. They all have different interests.”
Maye Musk, A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success
“Gaenor said that plus-size modeling was a new category, and she encouraged me to take it up, because I had the experience. Once again, I helped myself greatly in the long run by saying, “Why not?” My plus-size modeling career began with flying to Johannesburg to do TV commercials. As I was the only plus-size model in South Africa, I was soon traveling the country, doing print and runway shows while finishing my Master of Science degree. They needed one plus-size model and one older model, and I did both.”
Maye Musk, A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success
“When I modeled, it was definitely a bonus, but I did it because it was fun, kept me in the fashion world, and allowed me to meet very creative people. My modeling career has done so much for me. Modeling has given me a completely different group of colleagues and friends who I wouldn’t have known if I just remained a dietitian and mixed with scientists”
Maye Musk, A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success
“We never lit a fire and ate only canned food and bread. Sleep was limited, because at night, the cattle kept trying to lick our faces or steal our blankets. Perhaps that’s why it never bothered me to share a small apartment with my children. A”
Maye Musk, A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success
“My makeup routine always starts with a clean and moisturized face. My skin care routine is simple. I use a face wash at home and soap and water when traveling. I put on eye cream and then moisturizer with at least SPF 15 for a sunny day. In the evening, I cleanse my face to take off any makeup I may have been wearing that day, and then I put on an eye cream and night cream. Always wear sunscreen! If”
Maye Musk, A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success
“At fifteen, I had been told I’d be done by eighteen, and at seventy-one, I’m the biggest I’ve ever been. What I’ve learned is that you can always find a way. You can always make another plan. Of course, it took time for me to learn, and I’m still learning!”
Maye Musk, A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success
“You worry about many things that never happen, yet horrible things can happen to you that you didn’t foresee. Don’t try to figure these out. You can plan and you can prepare, but you can never be sure in advance what is going to happen.”
Maye Musk, A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success
“This was where I learned that you can always cut back on expenses; don’t go into debt, don’t envy other people who live in luxury—just do the best you can, strive to survive, and then hopefully be successful.”
Maye Musk, A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success
“Старіння — це чудово. З віком ми стаємо мудрішими. Також ми стаємо впевненішими в собі, і це було для мене приємним відкриттям. А ще вчимося швидше проганяти йолопів зі свого життя. Думаю, можна сказати, що я дивлюсь у майбутнє з ентузіазмом.”
Maye Musk, A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success
“якщо ви песимістична людина, намагайтеся змінюватись уже тепер, інакше перетворитесь на буркотуна чи буркотуху, коли постарієте.”
Maye Musk, A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success
“Якщо ви опинились у скруті, не бійтеся просити про допомогу в рідних, друзів і навіть незнайомців. Але й самі ставтеся з добротою до інших.”
Maye Musk, A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success

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