Find Your Project

I’m guilty. I won’t deny it. In the last few weeks, I’ve caught myself saying to others they need to “find their purpose”. Then, thanks to my friend Chip Conley, founder of Modern Elder Academy, I was gifted the opportunity to hear Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat. Prey. Love) share her wisdom in an intimate Zoom conversation. […]

I Wish You Water

During the pandemic, I needed to do something. I missed faces. I missed people. I missed connection. So we created these Courageous ActionChats. The ActionChat was a safe-and-real forum that took place on Zoom every Friday for almost a year. We followed current events and brought on special guests who would share their wisdom on […]

Game Over GOATS?

If you’re paying attention, you might notice a new trend taking over sports. In this new game, the GOATS are getting ghosted. In College Basketball, UConn took down Zach Eddy’s Purdue Boilermakers. In the women’s game, South Carolina took down Caitlin Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes. This week… In the #NBA, the Boston Celtics took down Luca […]

Ugly Pretty

They’re unflattering. They’re unfashionable. They’re unflappable. I’m not one for comfort zones. But comfort brands continue to make their mark long after we were holed up in our homes during a pandemic. Pretty Ugly seems to be the new Ugly Pretty. Hard-on-the-eyes — but soft on our feet — brands such as Birkenstock, Crocs, and […]

Statler, Waldorf & The Sideline

Guilty pleasure alert: I gush over The Muppets. I always have. Even now, I eagerly anticipate the release of a new movie, often waiting a decade at a time, just to nostalgically marvel at Jim Henson’s Muppet creations that once graced my television set during my youth. Each new flick is a delightful time machine […]

Now Step

We’ve all sat in those team meetings that wrap up the same way. “Ok, it looks like we’re at time, what are the Next Steps?” This usually results in collective silence or another 10-15 minutes recapping what was already discussed without a clear plan. When we create our Next Steps, we feel productive because we […]

Thank You, Obstacles

Thank you, Right-Handers. You designed a world for the 90% on the globe who “go right”. In China? It spikes to 97.4% (1.3 billion people). Because of righties, I had to build up neural muscles to overcome smudgy handwriting, mediocre results with scissors and Coaches who didn’t know how to get the most out of […]

Be smALL In

Reading this post? Then it’s confirmed: You have big things to do. You do. Perhaps you haven’t figured out what flag you want to fly quite yet. Or maybe you know the exact metaphorical mountain you crave to climb but that first step seems so daunting, that you find yourself regularly looking up at that […]

Fighting For The 5%

I went to Television-Radio school. While I could tell you the differences between when to cut between “Camera 1” and “Camera 2”, naturally, I had less clarity on what happened in my body when it, unbeknownst to me, cut between my parasympathetic nervous system (“rest and digest”) and my sympathetic nervous system (“fight or flight”). […]

Be “Professional”

Are your parents like my parents? If so, then you know about the unspoken rules and etiquette of how my generation was taught to navigate business. It goes a little something like this: Get in somewhere. Put your head down. Bite your lip (a lot). Grind it out for 40 years. Get a watch. Retire. […]