1. The Need To Be In Control The need to be in control is really a lack of trust in God, The Universe, and other people. It says that only I know what’s best for me, when in fact that’s usually not true. Consider all of the times: – you’ve got in the wrong lane [...]
It’s sad, but true—GOOD PEOPLE aren’t always GOOD PERFORMERS. This is the hardest leadership lesson I’ve every learned. I wish you could judge someone’s PERFORMANCE by their PERSONALITY, but you can’t. Oftentimes, niceness is overcompensation for people’s inability in the areas you need them the most. We’ve been trained since kindergarten to be nice and [...]
Who has the marbles to walk into an interview and drop this resume on the table? If I was recruiting for my company and someone submitted this resume, I would probably hire them on the spot. You can write the most thorough resume with strong action verbs, the nicest layout, with the best schools and [...]
Dear MBA Student, These are my thoughts as a 2007 Stanford GSB grad after sitting on a career panel at The Columbia Graduate School of Business. Let me know what you think. This has not been checked for grammar. It’s a freewrite. Thanks for reading. MBAs are risk averse. Business school students are among the [...]
Dear Failure, I remember when we first met. You were wearing all black and I was afraid of you. At the time, I was dating Good Enough. I didn’t want to take a risk on you. With Good Enough, I was safe, secure, and comfortable. But Good Enough wasn’t good enough. I needed more. I [...]
Dear Resume Writer, Your resume should not be a carbon copy of your job description. Most people simply find the job description that attracted to them to the job their transitioning from (and usually hate), cut, copy, and paste it to their resume and think they are done. WRONG! That’s the surefire way of attracting [...]
5th Grade Graduation Speech at P.S. 329 in Brooklyn, New York Thank you Miss Dawson, teachers, and parents for giving me the opportunity to address your bright children today. If you don’t mind, I would like to turn the podium to address them. There were two students from the same neighborhood who went to the [...]
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If you (have graduated or) are afraid of graduating college unemployed or underemployed with an expensive piece of paper and a pile of loans, then you should consider taking Route 66. Route 66 is an alternative way to move through college that will maximize your personal, intellectual, social, and financial capital so that you can [...]
Procrastination is a huge issue for a lot of people. Working for myself for the past month has exposed my issues with it even though I’m doing what I love. I procrastinate. The day ends. I stress and feel guilty. I go to sleep. And then I do it all over again. There’s got to [...]
Today I spoke to a group of about 40 undergrads at the University of Michigan on the topic of Purpose + Passions + Profession: How to align your life, work, & goals. The event was sponsored by the University of Michigan Ross School of Business Women’s Initiative. Feel free to watch the speech at the [...]
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