The Toughest Bosses are The Best BossesĪfter high school, soon after Anna moved to Manhattan to chase her dreams, she landed a role in Night Music alongside Claire Bloom, whom she describes as “arguably the greatest living theater actress.” Although Anna initially viewed her new co-star as a theater god, she quickly found out she wasn’t an easy woman to deal with - or impress. It’s what Anna Kendrick would do if she weren’t a mega-famous actress. So the next time you’re giving a presentation and you forget the words you so carefully memorized the night before, just take a deep breath, crack a joke, and move on.

But it’s how you deal with the slip-ups and the embarrassments that determine whether you’ll ultimately succeed. With anything and everything you do in life (personally or professionally), failure is inevitable. Perhaps Anna Kendrick’s most important business lesson in Scrappy Little Nobody is that the best way to succeed is to pick yourself up, laugh at yourself, and learn from your failures. (And if it’s not, then you’d better find a plan B.) 2. Learn, get a mentor, be curious - you don’t have to have a backup plan in place you just have to make sure the thing you’re passionate about is worth it.

We’ve all heard that you should “do what you love,” or that “if you love what you do, you’ll never have to work a day in your life.” But you better make sure that what you love doing will actually make some money - AKA you better have some goals and a means of achieving them before you set out to start your flower-crown-making business.

Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick