Advancing Together

An entrepreneur friend of mine, Zak, gave me a great piece of advice when I was launching my portfolio career. I needed to wear the same thing every day. Steve Jobs did it, Mark Zuckerberg does it, and it helps them to be at the peak of their creativity and productivity. As the theory goes, the less mental energy you spend on making little, unimportant decisions, the more you'll have to make bigger, more consequential ones. Steve Jobs wore that same black mock turtleneck ever

For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the term, Inbox Zero is a concept where you clear your inbox of any emails. That doesn't simply mean unread - it means any emails at all. I mentioned in a recent Instagram post that one of the ways I keep it all together is an insane level of organization. This is one of my methods. Before I jump into what they are, I'm going to address what at least some of you are thinking. There's no way I can sort through all my emails. Yes, you

Let me start by being clear - I'm not talking about drinking a long lunch on a Friday and going back to the office, keeping your head down and doing as little as possible until the weekend comes. You're not Karen Walker (if only...). When you reach a certain point in your career, having a cocktail or other adult beverage with work colleagues or bosses is not only acceptable, it's expected, and learning to do so without getting sloppy in front of executives is actually a good

People are always asking me how I do it. I have a family of four, a full-time job, two businesses of my own, I've written a book and I maintain a steady social media presence on multiple platforms. When I tell people about all this, they stare at me wide eyed and ask me how I could possibly make it all happen. I usually don't know how to answer them. I sometimes shrug and say, "Oh, I don't know," because aren't women expected to simply make everything happen and make it look

I've written a lot about women and work. I've spoken at length about the gender wage gap. I consider myself one of those people who is attempting to "have it all". I do feel that women have a tough time making a balance between work, family and even squeezing in some time for themselves, and we put a lot of pressure on ourselves. I think it's time to take some of that pressure off. We think men can have it all, and we aspire to that, but I don't think they actually do have it