I started my career back when Bill Clinton was president, and Linda Tripp was the worst co-worker in the history of Corporate America. (Seriously, people, your colleagues are not your friends.) Back in those days, HR departments regularly approved signing bonuses. It was essential. The economy was sound in the mid-to-late 1990s, talented people were…
Hello, my friends. It’s my birthday. I’m 41 years old. Since 2013, I’ve come to you on my birthday and asked for donations to Hustle Up the Hancock. Each year more than 4,000 people climb to the top of John Hancock Center to raise funds for lung disease research, advocacy and education. It’s nearly 100…
I don’t know how to be one of those people who doesn’t hold grudges and lets things go. Years ago, there was a guy who called a bunch of my friends “celebutards.” I am still mad about it. When I see him online, I want to punch him in his putzy mouth. Who says those…
I’m frustrated by all this talk of pay inequality in Hollywood because it’s mostly just that — talk. You may have heard Chris Rock essentially tell Jennifer Lawrence to shut up because black women struggle more than white women in Hollywood. Yes, in the hierarchy of people who have it bad, black women suffer in…
It’s performance review season. Many of you in Corporate America are about to receive an annual overview of your behaviors and outputs. Then you’ll hear about your raise. Some of you will be happy. More than a few of you will question the subjective nature of this process and ask questions about how the rating…
It’s 2016. Welcome back to work. If you’re like me, you spent time with your families over the break. In my life, nobody makes holiday cookies like my sister-in-law. She makes a particularly addictive oatmeal cookie, and I think her special ingredient is heroin. My mother-in-law does an amazing Christmas Day brunch with a favorite…
I always end the year by writing about my accomplishments, failure, regrets and resolutions. Today’s post is about resolutions. I have many resolutions, but I’m not very good at keeping them. Wait, hold up, that’s not true. Some resolutions are over before they began. A few years ago, I wanted to ride my bike more…
I always end the year by writing about my accomplishments, failure, regrets and resolutions. Today’s post is about regrets. I have three tiers of regret in life: Basic mistakes and scenarios where I want a do-over, Stupid errors in judgment where I ought to know better, Lazy choices that are made for short-term gains at the expense of long-term goals.…
I always end the year by writing about my accomplishments, failure, regrets and resolutions. Today’s post is about failure. Yesterday I told you that I’m trying to “get over” classifying experiences as failures. Uh, yeah, ignore that post while I tell you about my biggest failure of 2015, which is my company — LFR LLC. I never wanted to run…
I always end the year by writing about my accomplishments, failure, regrets and resolutions. Today’s post is about accomplishments. Let’s not beat around the bush. My biggest accomplishment is that I revisited some of my failures and made them right. I remembered my friend Lance’s birthday. I met Lil Bub. I tried to write a…
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