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The Top 10 Commandments of Becoming Unf*ckwithable
Thou shall not wait for an imaginary endorsement from The Committee of True and Actual Greatness to affirm that you’re good enough to put your work out there. The traditional meritocracy meant that...
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You Wanna Be a Killer? Ask Yourself This Question Every Single Day
Alright, hotshot— so what are you going to do today to change it? *looks you dead in the eye* *walks away*
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When You Feel Like a Hot Mess Full of Walking Contradictions and WHO ARE YOU...
You don’t have to choose, you know. You can be intelligent…and sensual. Extroverted…and introverted. Complex…and simple. You…and someone who’s evolving into someone else. Sometimes, in an effort to...
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Businesses Are Like Books: The Best Ones Actually SAY Something
The best books are those that say something. That make a statement. Draw conclusions. Make connections. Contribute something new to the discussion. Otherwise, what’s the point in writing it? I think we...
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More Work Doesn’t Mean More Money. It Means More Work.
I like gel eggs. (WHO’S WITH ME ON THIS?) But I can never get the gel eggs just right, because they always turn out too dry, or undercooked. It’s hard to get that perfect precision. Then I bought a new...
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Knowing How You Spend Your Time Is Just as Important As Knowing How You Spend...
I track every single minute of my time. I can tell you exactly how many hours I’ve been writing my new book, exactly how many hours I write for this blog, exactly how many hours I dedicate to the...
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Writing Problems Are Idea Problems In Disguise
When your idea isn’t clear, you know what you do? Cover it up with blabber. Adjectives. Flowery words that try to compensate for the fact that you don’t actually know what you’re talking about...
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You Don’t Have to Be an Asshole to Be an Authority
There’s a conflict between authority and earnestness. You want to be viewed as an expert…but you also want to be down-to-earth. You want people to respect you…but you also want to be relatable. You...
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How to Land Your Dream Job—Without Any Prior Experience, Connections, And/Or...
STOP WAITING. You don’t need to wait for someone else to “give you” the dream job, anymore. That one where you travel the world, sourcing big, funky oversized silver jewelry and re-selling it in your...
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Funerals Happen Every Day When You’re Expanding
I watched the movie AWOL last night, and the truth is, it was just an average movie. But I was fascinated by it. I was fascinated by it because the movie is set in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, where I...
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The Anti-Trump Bar: The Way You Stand Out is By Standing UP
There’s an AWESOME new creative cocktail lounge in New York City called Coup. All of the profits are being donated to organizations being threatened or defunded by the current administration. Tips are...
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The Way You Make a Million Dollars is by Earning One Dollar, A Million Times
When I first started writing my business memoir, there was one thing I was terrible at: SCENE. Not because I didn’t understand the importance, but because it was holy fucking hard to remember what...
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Overgiving Is a Really Cute But Seriously Unhelpful Epidemic
“Can I you a drink? How about a meatball sandwich? Here, just have some cheese and crackers. What about turkey? Do you like turkey? We could always order a pizza…” This was my mother’s way of inviting...
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How to Be the Most Productive Motherfauxer in the Room
When I first started working for myself, I was like: OH HEY I HAVE ALL THESE HOURS! LOOK AT THEM IN ALL THEIR GLOWY DELIGHT! If the idea was to “be booked,” then great—I would be motherfauxing booked....
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Maybe We Need to Rewrite the Narrative Around “Hustle”—Because, Hello, It’s...
The wine was poured. And then it was poured again. Sometimes, a third glass. Jackpot, the whole bottle. It wasn’t really the wine I was after; it was what the wine gave me. GLUG GLUG GLUG. Look, I’m...
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Good Things Come to Those Who Wait for No One
Here’s a principle I vehemently disagree with: Good things come to those who wait. You know who probably came up with that stylish piece of wisdom? Someone in a position of power, tasked with managing...
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When It’s Hard for People to Pick, The First Thing They Do Is Ditch
HI, IT’S ME, AND IT’S FRIDAY, AND I’M VERY EXCITEDDDDD. First off, our brand new flagship fuck yeah website launches next week. (We’ve been working on this behind the scenes for an entire year!)...
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The Way You Think About $1,000 Predicts How Easy (Or Hard) It’ll Be to Make...
If you were to ask a divorced woman, mother of three, struggling to get by, whether or not $1,000 was a lot of money, she’d say—yes, that is what I need to feed my kids. If you were to ask a successful...
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Are You Sorry About Charging Money?
I was talking to a client yesterday, who, bless her heart, is LITERALLY working for free. She feels bad charging. And my goodness, she’s one of the smartest, most qualified women in her industry! She’s...
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So You’ve Got a Great Idea But Have NO Idea Where to Start. (And It’s Making...
“But we don’t know how.” We were seated at the edge of the bar, nibbling on appetizers and enjoying the sunset. They were two friends, friends with big ideas and big dreams and a bug right up their ass...
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