Something about the end of the year pulls me in every direction. There is always the baseline anxiety of building a startup sprinkled with the added pressure of gifting, parties, and generally heightened expectations. So…
Forget conventionalisms; forget what the world thinks of you stepping out of your place; think your best thoughts, speak your best words, work your best works, looking to your own conscience for approval. The older…
Expressing gratitude is an art worth practicing at home and in the office. It’s easy with people we already care about and enjoy working with. I don’t think you need any tips on that. Rather,…
The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the sharers which can be the basis for understanding much of what is not shared between them, and lessens the threat…
I have a lot of gratitude for spending nearly a decade working inside the entertainment industry. From intern to senior vice president, I saw it all. From angry audience emails to backstabbing co-workers to Matt…
Nothing is impossible. The word itself says ‘I’m possible!’ People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone. Not to live for the day, that would…
There can be a big gap between who we are and who we think we are. I believe this is the root of overpromising. It’s incredibly stressful on two fronts: 1. From making the promise…
