On the now-infamous Amy’s Baking Company episode of Kitchen Nightmares, famed chef Gordon Ramsey finally met his match when he bumped heads with a pair of restaurant owners from Scottsdale Arizona. If what viewers saw on TV is true, Sammy and Amy Bouzaglo, are horrible businesspeople and probably a tad bit insane. They yell at customers,...
I used to pray for patience. I used to ask God to please, please, please make me a more patient woman/girlfriend/friend/daughter. I used to ask for it every time I prayed, which was daily. And then I stopped. After getting hit with situation after situation that strained and stretched what little patience I had–I mean,...
We live in an interesting time. Our lives are becoming increasingly public, our attitudes more entitled, and our language more exaggerated. You can’t spend more than two seconds on the web (and sometimes in person) without someone talking about getting their LIFE or being dead from something someone else said or did. And someone is...
{This is the fourth post in the GOALdigging Academy series. To read the others, click here} So you want to start a business, go back to school, learn a new trade, work with a personal trainer, or get your finances in order but there’s one huge thing standing in your way: MONEY I don’t know about...
{This post is the third in the GOALdigging Academy series. To read the others, click here} I’m going to give it to you straight: Living a mediocre life is super easy. Barely getting by at a job you sorta hate because it pays the bills, plus leaves a little extra for happy hour, a nice pair...
{This post is the second in the GOALdigging Academy series. To read the others, click here} In the trailer for the big budget action film After Earth, Will Smith drops some jewels about fear that hit me straight in the heart. He tells his son: “If we are going to survive this, then you...
The sage poets of Shaolin were onto something when they implored listeners to get the “dollar, dollar, bills y’all…” in their seminal hit, C.R.E.A.M. Because while self-esteem, honor, respect, family, and love are all valuable (and great), money talks while those who don’t have it are on the bus. And I don’t like walking. In...
What do Coke, Pepsi, Oprah, Jay-Z, Apple, Microsoft, Target, and Bill Gates all have in common? They are all brands. While Coke, Pepsi, and Apple are corporate entitles, and Oprah, Jigga, and Bill Gates are people, they each represent exactly what they sell…and act accordingly. Think about it. Companies rarely stray from their branding message...
It looks like the media found a new group to throw under the bus this week: single moms. I really just want to say…keep our names out your mouth, yo…but I’m going to take a more diplomatic approach. After The National Marriage Project released a report detailing the pros and cons of delayed marriage, a...
At this very moment I have about $5000 in the bank, $63,000 in student loan debt, a car note, a couple of thousand dollars in unpaid invoices, some running room on my credit cards, an always-hungry 7-year-old, and I just dropped two grand on biz classes to help me kick things up to the next...
{First of all, do me a favor. Head over you YouTube (or Spotify) and listen to this (If you’re at work, put on headphones. There will be cussing), because I need you to get a little amped up for this one.} Recently, I went to the L.A. Zoo with Le Kid (my 7-year-old ninja son). As...
“There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other.” Madeleine Albright How many times have you heard another woman say: “I just don’t get along with other women.” “I don’t have any female friends.” Or the kicker, “I just don’t trust b*tches!” Throughout my life I’ve heard every iteration of my...
