"After I parted ways as CEO of WeightWatchers, I called Oprah for advice. She was no longer involved with the company, and she's a friend. She told me, "Give yourself a year to say no to everything. Take this time to be with yourself and your loved ones." And so I did that. It was really good advice because it would have been easy when the calls started - "Hey, do you want to think about this role or that role?" - to move on to the next thing. Then I could answer the question, "What do you do?" One year later, I'm now an adjunct professor at Duke University, my alma mater, teaching a new course on women's leadership. I sit on the board of Best Buy. I invest in startups and funds. My husband likes to say I'm the busiest unemployed person he knows."
"I wake up at 6 a.m. to an alarm clock When I was at WeightWatchers, I got into the habit of using an alarm clock. It's a way for me to set boundaries. I realized I was chained to my phone. My instinct is to get on top of things. So when my alarm went off, I would look at my phone and get sucked in. I read a daily affirmation. I'm reading from "The Book of Awakening" by Mark Nepo. Once I get out of bed, I put on my Beyond Yoga athleisure and Goop under-eye patches and tie my hair into a ponytail."
Sima Sistani took a deliberate year off after leaving her CEO role at WeightWatchers to prioritize family and personal time. She then transitioned into roles as an adjunct professor at Duke teaching women's leadership, a board member at Best Buy, and an investor in startups and funds. She previously sold Houseparty and joined Epic Games' senior leadership. She lives in Durham, North Carolina, with her husband and two children. She uses a 6 a.m. alarm to set boundaries, avoids early phone use, reads daily affirmations from The Book of Awakening, and adopts a consistent athleisure morning routine.
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