25 2023 August
“The Only Way Out Is Through”
Photo by Daniel Peters on Unsplash Every week, I write an article, and every week, I am pretty sure it will be my last. After...
Read More17 2023 August
Reigniting the Fire
Remember your first day in college? Your first day at a new job? The first time you took on a new role? Your first date...
Read More10 2023 August
The Dark Side of Influence: Understanding the Power of Requests
Yale University Manuscripts and Archives When I started writing my book, Take Back Your Power, one of the first things I did was make a...
Read More03 2023 August
A Simple Guide to Preparing for a New Role
Photo by Pablo Heimplatz on Unsplash Starting a new role can be daunting. You are a foreigner in a foreign land. The customs, culture, and...
Read More27 2023 July
The Power of the Social Contract
Eric Bahn is co-founder and general partner at Hustle Fund, an early-stage venture capital firm. Prior to becoming a VC, Eric was a founder (three...
Read More13 2023 July
The Sandwich Generation
My parents struggled with infertility for many, many years. They got married in their late 20s and then spent the next seven years trying to...
Read More06 2023 July
Stop Outsourcing to Your Future Self
Imagine for a moment that you have a partner whom you love and care about, but you treat them terribly. You drop the ball and...
Read More28 2023 June
Swim Downstream
Photo by zhan zhang on Unsplash I often think back to a period of time in 2012 when I was really struggling at work. I...
Read More14 2023 June
Forget Networking and Build Your Personal Board of Directors Instead
In 2015, after I had worked in product leadership roles for more than fifteen years, I was ready for something different… I just didn’t know...
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