Media Entrepreneur and Philanthropist Derek Warburton teaches value of Perseverance | Anything is Possible with Patrick Tsang
Description
Patrick Tsang interviews Derek Warburton, media entrepreneur, celebrity fashion stylist, and philanthropist. Derek shares his journey of hardships, homelessness, and perseverance to survive in the fashion industry. He speaks openly about his experience as a young child doing homework and getting straight A's while living homeless and having no water. Dreaming of his future life and ambitions kept him alive and pushing forward. At 15, he left his biological and hasn't looked back. After attending the Fashion Institute of Technology, in New York, he started working with various agencies developing brands and artistic direction. He has been seen on ET, EXTRA, OK!. STAR, Daily Mail, etc. He's worked with today's most prominent and hottest names, including Leah Remini, Ariel Winter, Storm Reid, Cameron Cuffe, Ariel Winter, Taye Diggs, Rachel Bilson, Shay Mitchell, Olivia Culpa, Josh Henderson, Derek Hough, Beyonce Knowles, Molly Simms, Mario Lopez, Miranda Kerr, Jessica Alba, Audrina Partridge, Matt McGory, Carmen Electra, Sean Paul and more. He is a massive advocate of community service and volunteering. In 2017, Warburton was honored with the Style Ambassadorship to the city of Los Angeles by the California State Assembly for his work with the homeless. He is also an Ambassador for Just a Drop, where he traveled with the organization to build wells in Nicaragua.
Follow Derek on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/derekwarburton/
More information about Derek: http://derekwarburton.com
Chapter Notes
00:00 Intro
01:15 Childhood upbringing and homelessness
03:29 Dealing with adversity
04:59 Start of Career in Fashion
07:00 Moving to New York City
08:00 Community Service and Giving Back
10:58 Uncovering your true self and being resilient in the fashion industry
13:18 Becoming an Entrepreneur
14:15 Mental Health
15:59 Advice for working in the Fashion industry
17:14 Life Ethos
17:30 Luck
18:10 Principles and ethics
20:53 Legacy
22:37 #1 Advice
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