Accomplished actress, mother to two adorable children, and all round inspiration, there’s no doubt about it, Blake Lively is pretty successful.
Speaking at the L'Oreál Women of Worth gala to CTV's eTalk, Lively revealed the secret behind her success - following the words of wisdom given to her by her mother, Elaine Lively.
Lively’s mother encouraged her as a child to never fear failure, something she has subsequently lived by ever since.
'Whatever it was, whether I was doing a school project, I was doing something creative, she would always say, “You can't mess it up"'.
'I mean, I could mess it up really severely, but just the fact that she told me I couldn't almost made me feel like I couldn't,' she added.
The 29-year old explained that is was her mother’s positivity that encouraged her to pursue an acting career.
'I took risks and I would do things I otherwise would have limited myself with,' she explained.
Lively also told eTalk that she wishes to use her celebrity status as a means to stand for the things she believes in.
'I do think we all believe in the same thing, which is everybody wants happiness, everybody wants peace, everybody wants to feel safe and secure, but everybody has different ways of going about it,' Lively said.
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