Cleo Wade knows all about taking a chance on a passion, having gone from feeling unfulfilled in a corporate job in fashion to becoming a hugely successful poet. So the poet—whose seventh book, In a World of Sunrises: 365 Days of Heart, Soul, and Hope, hit shelves in April—has some go-to advice for others looking to follow their dreams and work for themselves.
On the latest episode of Marie Claire's "Nice Talk" podcast, Wade explains that she became "dissatisfied" with her fashion career, but she stuck with it because "my goal in my life was financial security." Ever since she started working in a clothing store at age 12, she says, people had reassured her: “You can do this and you’re good at it.”
