Tracee Ellis Ross on Keeping All Her Pursuits in ‘Harmony’ and Becoming a Disney Legend

variety.com:

BreAnna Bell Tracee Ellis Ross is busier than ever despite closing the chapter on “Black-ish.” The actor, producer, entrepreneur and CEO’s focus has turned toward a list of projects including the Hulu/ OWN/ Onyx Collective docuseries “Hair Tales” (which she’s producing through her production company Joy Mill Entertainment), voicing the lead character in MTV’s animated Daria-spinoff movie “Jodie” and launching the podcast “I Am America.” In addition, she’s celebrating the three-year anniversary of her hair care company Pattern Beauty.

During her keynote conversation at Variety’s Entertainment and Technology Summit presented by City National Bank, Ross explained how she keeps all these different pursuits in “harmony.” “I don’t strive for balance because it’s impossible, but a sense of harmony,” Ellis Ross told Variety senior entertainment reporter Angelique Jackson. “One of the biggest things that I do is do my best to walk consciously from A to B.

So instead of rushing between everything, it actually creates more space in my day. It requires military precision. I have a calendar that is just mapped out.” She added, “I have discovered that I am not a micromanager.

When I trust the people around me — and I have extraordinary people around me — the things they do, that’s their expertise.” Just days before the summit, Ross was inducted into the Disney Legends Hall of Fame.