I teach people how to speak in the media, on stage, and to each other with power and conviction. And there’s one crutch in particular I train people right out of: Asking questions. Want to make a stronger impression? Make a statement. Ideally, one that could be argued or flat-out disagreed with. That’s when you know…

No one likes being dumped, passed on, or told they’re “not a fit.” And breaking up with someone is no party either. Unless you’re a raving sadist, causing pain or discomfort in someone else feels bad, too. And just as anyone who falls in love may reach a teary end, anyone who seeks to get…

How does stuff get written? Depends on who’s writing it. I know some writers obsess about their “process” but the biggest challenge for me is sitting my ass down and doing it. The one thing that makes a writer different from anyone else, including people who “think” they’re writers? Writers write. Period. This piece is…

The very notion that we have to choose between relationship and career sets us back at least 50 years. (And why do that, when we have the GOP to do it for us?). I just think that whole thinking is so, SO damn tired. And quite frankly, insulting. There’s no question that managing a career…

I looked around the office. Everyone was in their seats: The health editor was bent over a manuscript; the lifestyle editor flipped through blogs in search of her next story; the market editor hunted down gloves for an upcoming shoot. Normally, I would just keep myself planted there, to be part of the team, to…