Leadership Lessons from FDNY

Leadership Lessons from FDNY

I had the opportunity to train for a day with the NYC Fire Department with my Wharton AMP cohort. It was grueling, rewarding, and life-changing. I don’t care what firefighters say: Even in full firefighter gear, with oxygen, mind you, 900 degrees Fahrenheit is really...
Emotion Regulation and Lessons From Hogwarts

Emotion Regulation and Lessons From Hogwarts

“I don’t mean to be rude, but listening to you and everything you are talking about has really tired me. You spit out so much, I don’t even know what you are saying. What is wrong with you … are you defective?” Says an executive, red-faced, and aggressive, in an...
Personality Pop-Quiz: 7 > 8 and 6 > 5, True or False?

Personality Pop-Quiz: 7 > 8 and 6 > 5, True or False?

“You heard of this thing, the 8-minute Abs?” says murderous hitchhiker. “Yeah, sure, 8-Minute Abs. Yeah, the exercise video.” Says Ben Stiller’s character, Ted, in Something About Mary (1998). Hitchhiker response: “Yeah, this is going to blow that right out of the...