Recently, I caught up with my long-time friend, Kim Specker, a leadership coach I’ve known for years. Kim radiates joy; it’s one of her defining qualities. But when we sat down together, she shared something that struck me deeply: “I decided to renew myself in 2025.” The year 2024 had been extraordinarily difficult for Kim. […]
Lucky Charm
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Whether or not you’re Irish, today is a day we all get to celebrate, so I’m wishing you the luck of the Irish! Speaking of luck, I’ve written before about how I believe we make our own luck. And I still believe that. But this year, I want to flip the […]
The Compounding Effect
In 1996, when I received my admission letter to the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (now Chicago Booth), a separate envelope arrived inviting me to apply for the Herman Family Fellowship for Women in Entrepreneurship. I cast it aside. I wasn’t an entrepreneur. I didn’t have time. Weeks later, tidying my tiny New […]