Success isn't about the end result, it's about what you learn along the way.
-- Vera Wang
For more about Vera Wang, keep reading....
About the Quote
Sometimes, we get the end result we want without understanding how it came to be. It could be due to beginner's luck. It could be because all the stars aligned in our favor. It could be due to some advantage or privilege we have. Where we run into trouble is when we try to reproduce the conditions which led to the successful end result.
Even if we know exactly what happened so that the end result was a success, it's a short trip we took to arrive at success. We didn't learn much of anything even as we succeeded.
Much of our learning takes place because of the corrections we needed to make for mistakes we made alongthe way. This is how we understand not only why something we did worked but also why something we did failed. We discover additional factors we need to know. We confirm what hapens if we ignore one factor or other. If we're quick learners, we figure it out soon enough. If we tend to be stubborn, we just need more time before enlightenment slaps us upside the head. Either way, what we learn along the way to success is more important than achieving actual success.
Some Information about Vera Wang
Vera Ellen Wang was born in New York, New York, US on 1949-June-27.
Vera Wang is one of the leading designers in American fashion. Her collections are geared for weddings and haute couture. She has also branched into eyewear, fragrances, home products, jewelry, and menswear.
Vera Wang is the child of immigrants from China who arrived in the United States during the 1940s. Her father was head of a successful pharmaceutical company. Her mother was a translator at the United Nations. When she was very young, her mother took her to high-end fashion shows; this is where she first gained an interest in fashion.
When Vera Wang was 6 years old, she began ice skating. As she grew older, she competed in pairs figure skating. When she was around 19, competed at the US Figure Skating Championships in order to qualify for the US Olympic team competing at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games in France. She and her partner placed less than 3rd place, so they didn't qualify for the Winter Olympics. At this point, she decided to stop competitive figure skating.
While pursuing her Olympic dream, she was also a pre-med major at Sarah Lawrence College. With skating behind her, she decided to spend a semester at the University of Paris (better known as "the Sorbonne" after its founder Robert de Sorbon). Although she had been interested in fashion from a very young agae, it was during her semester studying at the Sorbonne that she discovered that fashion was her passion. On returning to Sarah Lawrence College from Paris, she pursued courses in art history and theater.
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