10 things I wish I’d known about getting an MBA (before I took out my school...
It’s been almost 2 years since I graduated from Harvard Business School, and I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what I wish someone would have told me BEFORE b-school and definitely while I was...
View ArticleThe anxiety of ambition – going from a Doer to a Creator.
Doing what I need to do to climb the ladder and build a brand is scary… I had the opportunity to talk with a couple of good friends recently – people I consider to be pretty amazing who have it...
View ArticleA House Husband – the solution for ambitious MBA women?
What if we flipped the script? I had dinner with a couple of girlfriends last week, both of whom were HBS alums, and in town attending the HBS Women’s Conference to commemorate 50 years of women at...
View ArticleRoots, and the lack thereof…
I read an article a while ago about a journalist who had escaped his tiny town and traveled around the world in search of adventure and professional fulfillment. When his sister got sick, he took his...
View ArticleThe dirty little secret about your late 20s/early 30s
It doesn’t get easier…just more complicated! Recently, I’ve been having the same conversation with a lot of good friends, MBA or not about whaaaat….THIS is what being a grown up is really about? No...
View ArticlePost-MBA, “Potential” is a 4 letter word
“In the professional world of leadership, ambition and potential are the most excessive commodities.” ― Unknown Post-undergrad, ‘potential’ and ‘work ethic’ took you places. Post-MBA, it’s a 4 letter...
View ArticleFear will only get you so far….
So…I’ll be the first to admit – I’ve spent the majority of my life living in fear. Fear that I won’t succeed. Fear that I WILL succeed and then people will expect that of me all the time. Fear that I...
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