What My Uber Driver Taught Me About Real Community
My phone was at 17%. I had 40 minutes until LAX. I could keep texting and drain the battery—or put it down and do something retro… like talk to another human. 📵 Pre-iPhone me used to do this all the time. I was a Chatty Cathy with every cab driver I met. I’ve heard...
“Why I’m Saying No More Often—and Creating My Best Work Yet”
Lately, I’ve been subtracting....also known as saying no. Not because I’m burnt out (though I’ve been there). Not because I’m chasing “balance” (whatever that means). But because I want more meaning. I want to FEEL the purpose inside every minute. For years, I ran...
Why I Flew to Costa Rica for a 4-Hour Meeting
Sooooo........I’m flying to Costa Rica—in and out in 24 hours Why? Because the CEO of a company I’m working with lives there. And sometimes, face time really does matter. Sure, we live in a remote-first, Slack-pinging, Zoom-layered world. And yes, I’m a fan of the...
Why Thinking Time Is the Most Underrated Competitive Advantage
The Overworked, Underthought Executive Do you actually have time to think? 🤔 Or are you just bouncing from Zoom to Zoom, Slacking mid-meeting, and holding your pee until 6pm? That used to be me—in the “before” era. When my calendar looked like a losing game of Tetris...
Microproductivity: Lessons from Piano Practice
Can you learn microproductivity from piano lessons? When my 7-year-old daughter Vivi first tackled piano, each new song overwhelmed her. Sight-reading notes while grasping rhythms and mastering hand placements simultaneously felt impossible—because it was. Let's be...
Can AI Read the Room?
Do you think AI has emotional intelligence? Last night I found myself tucked into a cozy corner at The Moth in San Francisco, soaking up stories that shifted and evolved in real-time. As the audience laughed, sighed, or leaned in closer, each storyteller skillfully...
The Judgement Yoga Class that Changed My Judgy Outlook
Judgement Yoga I go to hot yoga at 9 AM, where we sweat out our Bay Area neuroses onto our mats, twisting our limbs into accomplishment. Fifty of us pack into a 105-degree room, arranging our mats just far enough apart so we don’t drip sweat on each other. It’s a...
Are you nurturing your network enough?
“Your network is your net worth!” Debbie Landa told me that years ago when we were advising startups. Debbie, one of Silicon Valley's best-connected individuals, shared this wisdom, but I didn't fully grasp it at the time. How do relationships translate to monetary...
Pumping Up (and monetizing) Your SuperPower
I’ve spent much of my life on autopilot, barreling forward—until one day, I looked up and thought: Wait, am I even on the right train? Am I leveraging my true superpower, or am I just coasting on some mediocre “bleh” journey? What if there’s a more fulfilling track?...
The Magic of Liminal Spaces: Why Pausing Can Lead to Your Next Big Break
Yoga, mediation, breath-work, Reiki, Woo woo? Or a powerful recharge in a much needed liminal space. After working non stop I went to Tulum Mexico to recharge. I am not the only way that finds creativity in liminal spaces, so did Steve Jobs, JK Rowling, and many others.