Back To Work After Maternity Leave? You Need Jessica Alba’s Killer Career Tips

Yes, she was once “just” an actress, but currently, Jessica Alba is also the founder and CEO of the multi-billion dollar Honest Company, which she set up back in 2011, having had her first daughter and realized that non-toxic baby-care and home-cleaning products were pretty hard to find.

Today, the Honest Company sells a wide range of baby products, home-cleaning supplies, vitamins, personal care products and also, most recently, an entire line of non-toxic and all natural beauty products.

And Jessica? She now sits comfortably on  a fortune of $200 million, according to Forbes, and is also ranked high up on the magazine’s list of America’s richest self-made women, alongside the likes of Beyonce and Oprah Winfrey.

Meaning, of course, that when Jessica dishes out career advice, you’d be a fool not to pull up a chair.

Whether you are returning to work after maternity leave or a career break, or just feel like you need to hear some inspirational words to feel excited about your career goals again, we think Alba’s words will make you feel all sorts of revved up for going out there and slaying it at what you do. Or, even better, feel inspired to get started on doing what it is you really want to do: