“You will get all you want in life, if you help enough other people get what they want.”-Zig Ziglar The biggest mistake that I see among nonprofits is that they

This weekend, I was in LA with my cousins.  We were celebrating the Lunar New Year with our own version of homemade dumplings and noodles.  We were thrilled to be

This is it.  We’re in full swing of the year now and I predict that 2023 will be fast and furious. I’ve got one word for you: ChatGPT. Unless you’ve

Happy 2023 friends.  I hope that your holiday break was joyful and restorative.  As for me, there’s always a Venn diagram between anticipation, general holiday anxiety, waiting for the holidays

Dearest readers, This will be the last missive of the year and I wish you and yours a very happy, joyful and restful holiday break. It is well-deserved, amirite? I

Recently, I was on a mastermind call with a bunch of entrepreneurs and I was on the hotseat. I was venting/complaining/whining about the tedium of churning out content, answering the

For those of you who have been readers for any length of time, you know that my beloved Stevie Wonderdog passed away in May.  After giving ourselves time to grieve,

Last week, just before Thanksgiving, I sent out a heartfelt note to you to thank you for being in my community. Sadly, this gesture was undermined by a technical snafu

I’ve recently been doing a lot of training with leaders about our relationship with money. I hear a lot of really interesting things from nonprofit leaders.   Things like: People just

I was listening to this incredible interview with Dr. Gabor Maté who is a therapist and expert on trauma.   He was recounting an experience of being in the Peruvian rain

Recently, I was flying home from Spain after vacation.  As reported, the airports were a bit of a mess and the security lines were long. When we finally got to

In reading the news, it is so easy to be mired in anxiety and fear.  It feels like we’re all living on edge so I offer this to you as

When I’m training new fundraisers in soliciting funds from individuals, I hear a lot of fear. Fear of rejection. Fear of being judged. Fear of being harmed through microaggressions. This

Anybody who’s ever been in a relationship knows the importance of voice tone. The wrong tone could mean the difference between a night of Netflix and chilling or sleeping on

Good advice for electronics and for humans. As I write this, I’m enjoying the last few precious days of summer.  Does the school kid feeling of the start of a

I’ve been practicing yoga for over 20 years and I have one of the greatest and quirkiest yoga teachers ever.  If you’re ever in downtown Brooklyn, take a class with

I recently watched the documentary Free Solo about a climber named Alex Honnold who free soloed El Capitan in Yosemite.   That means no rope, no gear, just him and 3200

One of my all-time favorite books is How to Win Friends and Influence People because it hinges on an important human truth: we are the center of our own personal