GLOSS Issue 22 JUNE 2015 | Page 22

means the illusion of everything. If you are going to live your business and your life publicly, they are going to be very similar to my baby bags and handbags. I try to live my life, whether it is in private or in that public space, with courage every day. I say to myself every day how grateful I am for what I have achieved, and for the blessings I have been given in my family and THERE’S A REASON WHY MY BUSINESS IS CALLED ‘IL TUTTO’; IT’S ITALIAN FOR ‘EVERYTHING’, AND SOMETIMES ‘EVERYTHING’ MEANS THE ILLUSION OF EVERYTHING. You need the ability to clean them out and wash stains away easily, because things are going to get messy. You need compartments, so that you can shut away the things that are most important to you and your family. And you need a really good design, so that outwardly life looks pretty damn amazing. 22 GLOSS JUNE 2015 my abilities. But I would love for every reader of GLOSS to understand that bravery is not just a word when it comes to business, especially small business. It is a challenge. Sometimes I need to use that naughty hashtag word to face it.