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Marty's work combines: Design, Entrepreneurship, and Communicating / Sharing Stories
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
Bachelor's Degree
University of New Brunswick
Bachelor's Degree
Fashion/Apparel Design
Sheridan College
Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be a Self-Enrichment Teachers:
High School
Bachelor's Degree: Fine/Studio Arts, General
Graduate Degree: Whatever you're drawn to
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Life & Career Milestones
My path in life took a while to figure out
1.
First I studied what I was interested in but others were WAY more into architecture than I was.
2.
Then I followed my husband to another new province. My job taught how to organize priorities/action.
3.
Then I studied fashion design because my friend suggested it.
4.
Then I moved again, modelled, designed, taught, managed people, merchandised, started a business.
5.
Then I worked in fashion, modelled, illustrated and shot photos. Falling in love, I moved provinces.
6.
Got depressed because I wasn't around enough people and I'm an extrovert. Got hired by big company.
7.
Then I studied psychology and literature which I dug. Worked 2-3 jobs and started 2 businesses.
8.
Company and helped to grow that biz. Started my own biz--10 years, joined a big co. learned a ton.
Defining Moments
How I responded to discouragement
THE NOISE
Messages from Family:
If people said discouraging things, I didn't hear them. My mom told me not to move all my stuff into the new city until I was sure I wanted to live there. That was good advice.
How I responded:
I alway looked into the sun and didn't hear the naysayers. Maybe the people around me were positive, or maybe I screened it out. I don't know. No recollection of naysayers. It was more, "You can do anything you set your mind to." "You're the greatest." "Oh, you're so creative." "You'd be great at that." Only positives are what stand out.
Experiences and challenges that shaped me
I struggled to make money until I thought of it as something to foster beauty-making. Now I have my money management in a "beautiful system". The framing of the idea of money was crucial because before that, it didn't matter to me at all.