#MIRA MIKATI HOW TO#

– Venture south to Vizcaya Museum & Gardens, and then get a delicious artisan caffeine fix at Brewing Buddha Cafe (don’t forget the avocado toast, it’s a work of art) before heading to Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden’s. – Explore Little Havana: have a cortadito at Versailles, some croquettas from a random ventanita, fresh juice at a little market, watch dominos being played at Domino park, and end with a salsa class at Ball & Chain before dancing the night away. – Rent bikes to see all the Art Deco architecture in South Beach – Take a day trip down to the keys with a stop at “Robert is Here” for fresh fruit & milkshakes. Make sure to have some ceviche in that cooler next to the Veza Sur beers. We might even head to haulover if we wanna spice it up. Take the fresh fish to Whiskey Joe’s and they’ll clean and cook it for you any way you like! – Hit the beach around 74th. I love fishing and I bet we could catch some snapper. Well, I’m a virgo so here’s a list, and let’s just assume this is post covid: – Charter a boat to fish the bay. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc. Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Always staying fresh, experimenting with new materials & avenues and you never know what to expect. My brand, my art, and I will always be evolving. I’m even learning that I enjoy and desire to make products and wearable art, and not just traditional art. And I recognize that I’m still at the beginning. With lines, and paint, and put them on a wall, and somehow people like them and want them. I spent years pursuing and trying different things, only to end up almost exactly where I started. Being a straight A student and having all options available to me didn’t help either. I’ve had a long journey getting here, and in my youth, when art/design was an option, I was influenced into a scientific life because it was ‘safer’ and afforded a guaranteed future.

To feel like I deserved it, and on my dark days I still don’t think I do. It took me a long time to accept that word. It makes me proud to even be an “artist”. You can work hard your entire life, to forget where you’re even headed, and to have missed everything else that happened along the way.Īlright, so let’s move onto what keeps you busy professionally? I spent most of my life in the work ‘hard mentality’ and while I have my certain successes because of it, I wouldn’t consider myself a successful person yet. I haven’t quite gotten there yet, but that’s the way I’m personally trying to do it now. When you’re able to actually think, and plan, and strategize, because you’ve structured your life in a way where you aren’t in that ‘fight or flight’ work mode, you’ll be able to jump forward faster than if you’re just pushing forward blindly. Giving yourself time to live, decompress and be healthy so that you don’t hit a brick wall of burn out. Allowing yourself to hire out time consuming things even in your personal life if you have the budget. Having tools and systems to keep you organized.

#MIRA MIKATI HOW TO#

What does that mean? Learning how to delegate tasks if possible. There is one thing you can control though. Another is general timing of the universe, the people around you, where you are located etc…many things beyond your control. Another is knowing where you’re headed, and having a realistic plan of getting there. One of them that no one talks about is good ol’ Lady Luck. While this may work for some (and suddenly they are an aspiration), and despite it draining your soul and causing you to miss out on family, friends and overall life, there are many keys to success. We’re constantly conditioned to believe that putting your head down, “hustling” and “grinding it out” is the way to success. “Hard work is the key to success.” – Is it? So, if you’re doing well putting in 40 hours a week, will doubling that make you more successful? Of course not. Hi Mira, what’s one piece of conventional advice that you disagree with? We had the good fortune of connecting with Mira Mikati and we’ve shared our conversation below.

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