Goldie Hawn on Female Leadership

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🗓️ 5 March 2015

⏱️ 14 minutes

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The Hollywood icon explains why she moved from acting to producing and directing, then launched a foundation that teaches mindfulness to kids.

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0:18.6	Just search new here. Welcome to the HBR Idea-Cast from Harvard Business Review. I'm Allison Beard. I'm here today with
0:34.8	Goldie Hahn, the accomplished actress, director, and producer. She now also leads a foundation
0:40.1	that teaches mindfulness and resilience to kids.
0:43.0	Miss Hahn, thanks so much for joining me today.
0:45.0	I'd like to start with the beginning of your career.
0:48.0	You were famous at age 21.
0:50.0	So how did you adjust?
0:51.0	That's a very good question.
0:53.7	It was difficult for me back in those days
0:58.0	concerning myself with why people perceived me
1:01.4	to be basically who I didn't think they knew very well, which was
1:07.5	this young girl out there being funny and crazy and spontaneous.
1:13.2	So I really did seek help, psychological help with a psychologist to try to understand what was happening
1:22.1	because it's a lot,'s very stressful it was the
1:25.1	best thing I ever did because it prepared me for understanding the separation
1:30.7	between those who perceive you to be one way and what the reality really is.
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