How I managed to find intellectual fulfillment through work and avoid virtual complacency — As we come up on the two-year mark the world ‘ended’, I am eager to share some insights I’ve gained while navigating my early career experience during the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. In July of 2020, I started my first day logging onto my laptop from my high school…

Valuable lessons to implement as leaders and entrepreneurs — 24 year ago when he took Amazon public, Jeff Bezos told everyone exactly what Amazon was going to do in his 1997 Letter To Shareholders. It serves as a great playbook for building a great company, and in addition, it illustrates a few life principles to live by. 1. The words you use matter. In Bezos’…

As we close out this crazy year and enter into a new one, I am committed to creating the year I want, regardless of the circumstances. While things didn’t go as planned for many of us this year, it has deeply humbled me and allowed me to reflect on opportunities…

Data is what drives decisions in the business world. Even on a micro-level, we are used as singular data points to incrementally develop massive change. Our internet search history can create copious amounts of information for user-generated content platforms such as Amazon, Facebook, Instagram, and Google. …

Don’t you hate it when people ask the age-old interview question, “What gets you up on a Monday morning?” If we’re being honest, the first thing which comes to mind is my dog persistently nudging me until I groggily get out of bed to take him on a walk. I…

I‘d be lying if I said I handled quarantine well. While the last eight weeks have allowed me to expand my podcast/book collection, become a whiz in the kitchen, get creative with at-home workouts, and even land a temporary new job, my days have been equally filled with spans of…

What is positive psychology exactly? How can we take the flowery concepts of psychology and apply it in a practical way, in both our work-life and personal-life? To translate into simpler terms: “Positive psychology is the scientific study of what makes life most worth living.” We’re so often trying to…

This summer, I received the opportunity to intern at JPM in Chicago. During our intern programming, we had the chance to interact and network with senior leaders across the firm, with a special Q&A session from Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPM. While Jamie is both praised and ridiculed in the…

The balance between confidence and arrogance — Have you ever conversed with someone that began their sentence with: “I don’t mean to brag, but…” I never thought much about it, but now I recognize it is an invert representation of egotistical thinking. Inherently, when an individual begins a sentence with this statement, they know what they’re about…