On Monday, April 11, 2011, my day was truly completed after hearing Kelly Cutrone, most known as the founder of People’s Revolution, speak in the completely crowded Shaffer Auditorium.
After attending the lecture, I discovered Kelly is a native of Camillus, New York, a small town about twelve miles off of campus.
Kelly’s humor and wisdom was shown right from the beginning of her lecture, as she dropped the f word numerous times and added humor to almost every sentence she spoke. She began her lecture by talking about her initial career choice as a nurse. Kelly talked about how her patient died on her first day of work, giving her a sign that nursing was not her speciality.
Kelly ended up in New York City where she took an interest in Public Relations. I truly fell in love with her as she talked about her passion for Public Relations, for I, also, hope to land a Pubic Relations career in the future. I was drawn more into her speech as she used great, yet odd examples, of good Public Relations, such as that used of Paul Revere who stated “The British are coming,” repeatedly, to successfully get his message accross.
After being a die hard fan of “The City,” an MTV show where Whitney Port interned under Kelly Cutrone, I viewed Kelly as somewhat demanding and very stern. However, during her talk, I got to see her down-to-earth personality as she spoke about her love for her daughter, Ava, and taking time outs from her hectic life to find out who she was an individual.
From an academic stand point, Kelly filled me with useful tips that I know I’ll use in the future. Below are a few of her tips:
1.) Don’t wear a lot of make-up when going to an interview for an internship.
2.) “Lying will get you really f***ing far.”
3.) Don’t bring your emotions to work.
4.) Sometimes you just have to stand strong and do things on your own (Kelly has been without an assistant since February 16, 2011.)
5.) Use repetition like it’s your job. Don’t stop even if you keep failing.
Kelly inspired me to do many things after attending her lecture:
1.) I will now buy her book “If You Have to Cry, Go Outside.” (of course)
2.) I will live in New York City at some point in my life, even if my apartment costs 32,000 a month.
3.) I’ll take time out of my hectic life of school and partying to spend atleast 30-40 minutes finding out who I am as an individual.
Kelly left me with a reality check and yet still gave me ambition to follow my dreams and enjoy the journey while doing so.
I’ll end this with a quote from her book, “If You Have to Cry Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You:”
“This is an important lesson to remember when you’re having a bad day, a bad month, or a shitty year. Things will change: you won’t feel this way forever. And anyway, sometimes the hardest lessons to learn are the ones your soul needs most. I believe you can’t feel real joy unless you’ve felt heartache. You can’t have a sense of victory unless you know what it means to fail. You can’t know what it’s like to feel holy until you know what it’s like to feel really fucking evil. And you can’t be birthed again until you’ve died.”
PS. here’s the softer side which I saw in Kelly…
http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/511337/im-really-proud-of-you.jhtml#id=1643257
