No one experiences higher highs or lower lows than entrepreneurs. Google “entrepreneurial mindset” and you’ll find that the five key characteristics of successful entrepreneurs are: a positive attitude, creativity, persuasive communication, intrinsic motivation, and tenacity.
Read MoreMay, 2020. COVID-19 decimates our country; sirens screech night and day in New York City; thousands of Americans die daily; hospitals are overrun with the sick and dying; unemployment levels reach the highest rate in my lifetime. In the midst of all of it, I decide to resign from corporate America. My mom, who, in her ninth decade, still guides me twice daily, asks, “Who leaves a great job in the middle of a global pandemic?”
“Well mom,” I say, “I do.”
Read More2020. For me and mine, it started like a perfectly normal year: a lovely New Year’s Eve, far from the maddening crowds of NYC, a birthday fest for our Labradoodle, Hudson and me; an annual ski trip to one of my favorite places in the world, Jackson Hole.
Then, devastation came, and came, and came, and came again.
Read MoreI couldn't be more grateful for my clients, friends, and colleagues right now. I wanted to directly address the challenges facing our world today, share a pearl or two of wisdom, and hopefully spread some cheer.
Read MoreGrit, Grace, Growth, and Gratitude — if you’ve come this far, you’ve seen these words repeated all over my site. You might be asking yourself: Why? Why those four Gr-words? Are they not just four more nice-sounding business words?
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