The razor’s edge of racial prejudice. mogul

It is hard not to be consumed by heartbreak as we witness acute, highly-charged and angry eruptions of violence around our nation right now, while we struggle to reconcile yet another shocking and...

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How do we begin to traverse the trauma...? mogul

It is hard not to be enveloped by the slippery despondency of heartbreak as we witness the acute eruptions of violent, angry unrest befalling our nation right now. In its most recent—yet,...

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Do or do not. There is no try. mogul

My mom asked if I had completed a task on my to-do list the other day, and I had responded to her by saying that I would “try.” As soon as the words came out of my mouth, I winced a...

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“What do I do?” “How do I fix this??” mogul

Last night I watched a portion of the  gripping British television series with which my mom has been deeply enamored. The show regales the adventures—and misadventures—of a modern...

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The thing about blame... mogul

While updating me on her work life the other day, a friend of mine emphatically explained how her boss was to blame for the dramatic disintegration of his company, subsequent litigious employee...

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AIRPLANE RULES: PUT YOUR OWN MASK ON BEFORE ASSISTING OTHERS. mogul

I was sitting on a plane last week, awaiting take off, and the safety demonstration struck me, once again, with its order of events; the strident emphasis placed on donning your own mask before...

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#IAmAMogul: No one can take your joy. mogul

“Aren’t you a little…young…to have written a memoir?”

The older gentleman to whom I was being introduced was still holding my hand as his words fell sideways from...

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What Lights You Up? mogul

We all have heard the expression, “you get what you give” and “you teach people how to treat you.” And we have all either experienced or witnessed rudeness escalating into a...

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If you now... WHEN? mogul

I have been recording the audio version of my first book, Deep Dark Blue this week. Aside from the amazing sound engineer who has been the tether through my headphones to the outside world, I have...

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Ladies and Gentlemen, the suggestion for tonight’s show is…LOVE. mogul

I’ve been performing improv comedy for over a decade here in New York City and out in Los Angeles as well, and I love it. There is something so incredible about witnessing the living,...

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Row, Row... Let go Your Boat. mogul

I returned home from the United States Air Force Academy a broken, shell of a human being. For what had seemed like my entire life prior to leaving for college, I had been training, testing,...

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Putting the "H" in Hear mogul

Putting the “H” in Hear:

I had to fly out of town over the weekend. And as I sat in a supple leather chair amidst the shiny marble floor and chandelier-ladened hotel lobby, I got to...

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