Kim Kardashian at E! People’s Choice Awards at the Barker Hangar, November 10, 2019, Santa Monica, CA.
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Kim Kardashian has come under fire after giving women some mind blowing advice earlier this week.
The Kardashians had this guide for women in business in an interview with Variety published on Wednesday: “Get your fucking ass up and get to work. Nobody seems to want to work these days.”
Unsurprisingly, it caused a social media storm, with Twitter users criticizing Kardashian for her “deaf” comments.
Actress Jameela Jameel commented on the comments. tweet: “I think if you grew up in Beverly Hills with super-successful parents in what was just a smaller mansion… no one needs to hear your success/work ethic thoughts.”
Jameel added, “Those 24 hours in a day are a nightmare. 99.9% of the people in the world grew up with a VERY different 24 hours.”
And Twitter users were quick to draw comparisons between Kardashian’s advice and comments made by British Love Island star Molly-Mae Haig in an interview on the podcast.
A clip of Haig’s interview on the December CEO Diary podcast resurfaced a month later and quickly went viral. In the clip, the Briton doubled down on the argument that “Beyoncé has the same 24 hours in a day as we do.”
Haig said: “When I’ve talked about this before in the past, I’ve been criticized a bit by people saying, ‘It’s easy for you to say that… you didn’t grow up in poverty, you didn’t grow up with big money problems, so sit back and say we’re alone. and the same 24 hours in a day, wrong.” But technically what I’m saying is right, we’re doing it.”
Haig, the runner-up on the hit reality show Love Island, was named creative director of clothing brand Pretty Little Thing in August and is reportedly earning six figures (in British pounds) a month for her role.
Meanwhile, according to Forbes, Kardashian’s net worth is estimated at $1.8 billion. Thanks to the success of the reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Kim and her family have amassed a fortune, building a retail brand empire.
Indeed, the show’s title itself is a twist on the classic American dream message of “keeping up with the Joneses.”
And so it is understandable that people want to repeat this success. However, as one career coach points out, it’s important to be careful when seeking advice from public figures who may have great wealth and privilege.
“Up-to-date and actionable” advice
Kat Hutchings, a leadership and career coach who runs her own firm, told CNBC that “when looking at people who are at the top of their career/success or [Instagram] fame or celebrity status can make it feel like we’ll never get there.”
In addition, she said that it can also make people feel that “we need to be someone other than ourselves in order to achieve” success.
Hutchings recommended looking for role models who are two to five years ahead of their careers and who remember what it was like to be in your shoes: “Their advice is helpful, relevant and actionable.”
She added that the people we admire in our careers should also remind us that “having a vision and aspiration is important, but more importantly, taking small steps every day towards what we want.”
Hutchings added that people should be able to “be less distracted by the glamor of someone who operates in a completely different context than we and [be] the ability to filter experience and advice that helps us move forward.”