PanThe Boston GlobeIvanka includes inspirational quotes and advice from every famous person who ever lived. Socrates and Mindy Kaling. The Dalai Lama and Lauren Bush Lauren. Stephen Covey, Oprah, and the head of fashion partnerships at Instagram. John Quincy Adams and the founder of Spanx ... Ivanka’s life seems pretty smooth, but in her book she reveals struggles, like the time Anna Wintour heard that she was about to graduate from college and called out of the blue with a job offer, a challenge familiar to many aspiring writers. The problem was that Ivanka had already accepted a job with Forest City Ratner, a development firm, and she had to tell Anna no!