It’s no shame to need to stop and restart.

On our last talk, Rita Fazenda, a literary agent, told us that, at some point in her life, she felt the need to restart and how she did it. In her case the death of her father was the event that made her stop and re-think. This event made her allow herself time and space to reflect. It was through this reflexion that Rita also allowed herself the change that she needed.

Do we need such dramatic events to allow ourselves to restart? This talk gave us the answer: no. All we needed was to ear Rita. By the end of the talk, someone told me: “This was the kick in the ass I was needing”.

Rita told us her story. How her professional life started and how it evolved for what she always loved: books.

Today, after working as an agent for actors, comedians and screenwriters and for two different publishing houses, Rita works as an independent literary agent. She founded Storyspell, where she helps several authors to improve their work, to get published and to advertise their books.

She had her own restart to help others restart.

While sharing her inspiring story, Rita also shared new words, old expressions, motivational quotes. Things that, at some point, resonate with her.

 By the end, while people were relating to different things from her talk, I believe we all had the same feeling. We arrived there with a dream, we left with a goal.

Thank you, Rita.

Text by Elisa Baltazar (CreativeMornings Lisbon host)

Photos by Nimagens and Acuracia Fotojornalismo Apurado