Amy Poehler has created and starred in successful TV shows and movies, she's hosted the Golden Globes (twice!) and she has a shelf full of awards to show for her efforts.
So how did she go from struggling waitress to alpha comedian? Poehler shares some surprising career advice in her memoir, "Yes Please," which comes out on Tuesday.
Take a look:
1. 'Treat your career like a bad boyfriend'
Poehler isn't into the whole "positive affirmation" thing. Instead of visualizing yourself sitting in the corner office, Poehler suggests simply not worrying about it.
"Here's the thing. Your career won't take care of you. It won't call you back or introduce you to its parents. Your career will openly flirt with other people while you're around," she writes. "It's never going to leave its wife for you. Your career is f - - king other people and everyone knows but you."
Ouch.
2. Your career and your passion don't always match up
Poehler clarifies her first point by explaining that career and creativity are two different things.
"Creativity is connected to your passion, that light that drives you," she writes. "Career is different. Career is the stringing together of opportunities and jobs . . . career is the thing that will not fill you up and never make you truly whole."
In short, focus on your passion — and then maybe, if you're lucky, career success will follow.
3. 'Ambivalence is key to success'
It's OK to be concerned with your work, but not your year-end review.
"You have to care about how good you are and how good you feel but not about how good people think you are or how good people think you look," Poehler writes.
4. 'Success is filled with MSG'
No matter how many Emmys you add to your mantle, it won't be enough, says Poehler.
"It doesn't matter how much you get; you are left wanting more," she writes. "Success is filled with MSG."
5. Never drop your script on Poehler's lap if you see her sleeping on a train
Poehler tells the story of a man brazen enough to do just that — and it made her very, very angry.
"Being a working actor whom people recognize sometimes means you occasionally get the young up-and-comer who thinks that meeting you is their chance to break in," she writes. "The reality is most people become 'famous' or get 'great jobs' after a very, very long tenure shoveling s - - t, and not because they handed their script to someone on the street."
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