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Don’t Listen to Everything

May 1, 2013May 1, 2013

Super loved this by Ann Friedman. For all of you trying to create change in the world either as entrepreneurs or writers or simply by choosing to be kickass instead …

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Are You Standing Out Today?

December 15, 2011January 29, 2013

People buy two categories of things. The distinct. And the generic. The distinct items are the things that have a limited commodity, that are artisan in nature, that are worth …

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Online is the New City

October 8, 2011October 8, 2011

Richard Florida, the Atlantic editor recently wrote: “Cities are our greatest invention, not because of the scale of their infrastructure or their placement along key trade routes, but because they …

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Steve Jobs’ Legacy: Design Your Own Life

October 6, 2011December 1, 2019

While there are many things worth celebrating of Steve Jobs’ life, the greatest gift Steve gave us is a way to design our own lives. Steve Jobs was known for …

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What’s Your ScoreBoard?

September 26, 2011September 28, 2011

During my first marriage, I thought the goal was to stay married. In jobs, I thought the goal was to get promoted to the next big title/level/responsibility. When I used …

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Resentment, Resilience and Rebounding

September 12, 2011September 12, 2011

“It’s them, not me”. That’s effectively what Carol Bartz, former CEO of Yahoo (YHOO), has been saying in the few days since she’s been fired. Well, she said it more …

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The Kick In the Pants

September 6, 2011September 7, 2011

I felt his foot so far up my butt that I could practically taste the leather. All the way from Oakland to our end destination of Los Gatos, he went …

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And, Who Are You?

August 24, 2011December 1, 2019

The quiet and art-filled office space overlooking majestic oak trees, the joy of working with Mike Mace,  the significant source of income for our family. These were things I thought …

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Normalcy is a Unicorn

August 17, 2011August 18, 2011

We want to be normal. We want to fit in. We all do. Just last week, as I was packing for my first Board of Director meeting, I couldn’t decide …

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