Lessons from BarbieLand

I owned an original Barbie, a character focused on modeling until her career diversified, and I gifted my Barbie collection to my granddaughter and nieces in hopes that the ever-evolving icon would inspire them.

Patty Riddlebarger captured Barbie lessons:

• Know who and what made you.

• Find a way or make a way.

• You gotta help her to help yourself.

• You are more capable than you know. Don’t be afraid to go for it.

• Don’t let anyone put you in a box.

• Find your tribe and love them hard.

• Even if you can’t make things perfect, you can make it better.

– Betsie Gambel, Founder, Gambel Communications