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 MoreRené Syler co-anchored the CBS Morning Show from 2002-2006. Having started out as a local news anchor in Reno, NV, her ascent to the network level was meteoric. So, when she lost the job amid a network shakeup, it was that much harder to take.
Read MoreErin came to New York City at 18 years old with only grit and determination to fall back on. Needing to pay for food, housing, school — and fast — Erin learned how to hustle. That hustle would pay off in 2014 when, after a year of traveling the world, Erin started down the entrepreneurial road, one beset by challenges internal and external.
Erin's company, Dynama Insurance, is more successful today than ever. Her story is a must-listen for young entrepreneurs — especially women — hoping to make their mark on the world.
Read MoreIn the early 20th century, experiments on parasites revealed that when rose bushes infested with them died, the parasites, previously wingless, would grow wings. Once their source of food was dead, a metamorphosis took place, and they grew wings to help them avoid starvation and support them in finding a new source of food.
Read MoreIn 2011, a freak cycling accident nearly killed Michael O’Brien. Doctors were bearish on Michael’s chances to resume normal function — but Michael felt otherwise.
Read MoreAs a wealth advisor, I often have conversations with parents concerned about spoiling their children. “I just don’t want my kid to turn into Paris Hilton,” they tell me, using “Hilton” as a byword for all that can go wrong with a privileged upbringing. Their children are often either adolescents or young adults, displaying some Hilton-esque warning signs.
Read MoreAged out of her career and reeling from her husband’s financial infidelities, Lisa Weldon found herself 58 years old and in need of a new start. While all of us take recovery one step at a time, Lisa took it one step further, walking every neighborhood in New York City, and building an online following around her blogs and photographs.
Read MoreIn the depths of winter, with lakes frozen and boats shrink-wrapped, I ask myself why I love to sail. My attempt to answer that question follows. Spoiler alert — it’s not about the warm weather, and it’s not about sailing’s similarities to the high seas of investing.
Read MoreExcuse me, but I’m going to be a bit sacrilegious for a moment. I’m walking the 1st Arrondissement in Paris today, the neighborhood that houses the Louvre, the grand sentinel of the world’s art treasures.
But I doubt I’ll even step foot in it. I have great respect for the works of art and the masters who created it, but quite honestly, I’m bored by most of it. I’d much rather see what’s outside its walls, the graffiti around this City of Lights.
Read MoreAs has become a holiday tradition, I’ve compiled my top 10 books of 2021. They cover a wide spectrum — novels, graphic novels, pandemic nonfiction, rock star memoir — and they all shimmer with one (or more) of my four G’s: Grit, Grace, Growth, and Gratitude. As my gift to you, here are 10 books that, if you need a good read, won’t let you down. As always, I welcome dialogue — what would be on your top 10 list?
Read MoreAs America started its painful process of breaking up with its tyrannical commander-in-Cheeto, I experienced my own little breakup. A global pandemic ravished the world, and I left corporate America. I was tired of not being able to say what I wanted, when I wanted, how I wanted. I loved my work, and I loved my clients, but after 40 years in corporate environments, it was time to spread my wings — and to raise my voice.
Read MoreIn just nine episodes, we spanned much territory: Navy Seal operations in Iraq, backpacking in Turkey, folk singing in Nashville, financial crisis all across the country, and more. We talked to people who grew up with nothing and people who grew up with everything. In short, we talked to humanity — the many ways it can manifest, the common lessons that make our days enjoyable.
Read MoreWe all pay more for the essential services provided by local, state and federal governments because tax revenue is lost by the special tax treatment afforded religious nonprofits. It’s time to ask some very important and difficult questions.
Read MoreTo live in the modern world is to be addicted to activity. Lost in the torrent is a state of being as healthy as working out: Doing Nothing.
Read MoreJulie Davitz literally grew up in a barn, believing that the best thing in life would be to marry — and marry rich. In spite of her spunk, her tenacity, her independence, Julie took the safe road.
But looks, as we know, are often deceiving. The “safe road” can be anything but.
Read MoreI’ve had it with judgement — people judging others; people judging me. What happened earlier this month in Texas appalled me, and reminded me of many instances of judgment I’ve suffered over the decades. Often, they were thoughtless judgements, thrown out negligently, stinging like barbs.
Read MoreThere’s no guidebook for grief. It’s an internal battle. People on the outside can provide support, but the real work happens on the inside. It’s hard enough when a relative dies at a ripe old age. But when someone we love is taken from us prematurely, and in the worst possible way, the difficulty multiplies.
Read MoreA lot of money-oriented people don’t see the point in writing. A lot of corporate communications are filled with typos, dry language, and other missed opportunities to generate meaning. I went away from the literary arts for a long time, focusing on my career. But I came back when I desperately needed answers. I’m never leaving again.
Read MoreLessons learned from 12 months and 383,628 words of freelance writing: 1. People are Knowable; 2. Technicalities are Learnable; 3. Language is Essential.
Read MoreIn 2008, the financial crisis brought Rachelle Fender’s career to a halt. But she’d seen devastation before, and she realized that this time, the worst news could actually be the best news — with the right mindset, and with courage. Rachelle found her life’s purpose working with the humanitarian organization appropriately named Unstoppable.
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