8 Ways Obsessive Anxiety Is Killing You—and how to heal
While advising entrepreneurs and leaders, we always discuss limitation and fear. Inevitably, we reach anxiety. If you’re not anxious (upset, angry, etc), you’re not pay
Risk is the solution you owe to yourself
“What have you got to lose?” I find myself returning to that sentiment over and over again in discussions with clients and in a recent appearance on the Call Paul / Mai
Millennials burning out? Fight nonprofit turnover by showing the love
I once stunned an employer into silence during my exit interview. When I left, I cited overwork and lack of recognition as my main reasons for leaving. “We see how hard you w
Today, I choose to come home
In the past few weeks, I’ve been googling our main domain and finding that our blog posts have been cited as references: in an article for the Journal for the Society of Fina
Today, I choose to surrender
I was recently graced by friends I’ve known for more than 20 years. We reunited, after 10 years, in Manhattan over convivial and sometimes riotous wander: dinner, drinks, blu
Today, I choose to experiment
I was nearly flat broke when I moved to New York City. It was my new-yet-incomplete statement—with its corresponding materialistic half life—following my divorce, house short-s
Today, I choose to get over myself
For a long time, I’d avoided sharing the origin story of this business OUT LOUD. In the telling, it was impossible not to relive the vulnerable, painful moments—many of the
Today, I choose to be fearless
Today is that day: The day you silence the anxiety and shout boldly. Today is that day: The day you attract new energy and purge dead energy. Today is that day: The day you stop th
Today, I choose to be powerful
We are flooded with misinformation and garbage disguised as content. Distractions abound both online and off. In a city like New York, that can mean six hours of random hammering-o