Imagine you have a 17,000 square foot mansion and your movies have grossed over $2 billion and you are probably worth close to $50 million. Now imagine you sell the house and give it all away and move into a trailer in a mobile home park. I was talking to movie director Tom Shadyac and… Continue Reading

Name one valuable commodity of which both you and Bill Gates have the same amount. Or Warren Buffett. Or Carlos Slim.

Sometimes we get so wrapped up in our own hopes and dreams we have to be reminded that others have them too. And no matter what they are, they can be just as fierce about achieving them. This was brought home to me last week, when I was invited to give a speech to a… Continue Reading

Many people have said to me in the past month, “I’m going to buy a home.” Or, “What do you think of the idea of me buying a home?” I like the second batch of people. They are my friends and it seems like they are sincerely asking for my advice. And I’m going to… Continue Reading

iPosture. Ever heard of it? It’s the hunch in your spine that forms from too much time slumped in front of a computer or squinting at a smartphone. With daily physio exercises, you can halt or reverse this condition. But a kink in your spine is not the only thing that sitting like this will… Continue Reading

TODAY is Friday the 13th (again) and the last school day before spring break.  Of much lesser importance (to a couple of my children anyway), today is school report card day. My husband and I used to love it when my kids brought their report cards home. It was exciting to see how they were… Continue Reading

I was scared to death. I thought I was going to cry. Polls say people would rather be dead than speak in public. Seinfeld joked that a guy giving a eulogy would rather be in the coffin. I’ve given 100s of talks but last week I wanted to die before I went on stage. I… Continue Reading

What did you do this weekend? It’s a common enough Monday morning question. It usually involves recounting your adventures or answering with few monosyllabic words followed by a hollow, apathetic shrug. Then you ask the same, and get the same response. Meh all ‘round. It’s a very superficial conversation, if it can be even called… Continue Reading

There are no men’s jackets in the world that compare with the classic outerwear line of Italian wool merchant Loro Piana. As I contemplated this post a prominent entrepreneur called. “Oh yes,” he said salaciously. “Wearing one is like sex on your shoulders.”

Made A Stupid Mistake? Own it. Many people who make mistakes tend to skulk away in embarrassment and hide forever. But we all make mistakes, and this is precisely the wrong thing to do. That skulking could mean that others will forever judge you as weak. Is the smarter strategy not to show up immediately… Continue Reading

My big bro Adam (pictured) has become a budding businessman after several years of thumbing his nose at commerce. This is a good thing as he’s very talented and competitive. Adam now has to deal with frustrating client emails, the way I used to in spades running the Pacific Website Co. I made a million… Continue Reading