At the core of every business isn’t money. It’s relationships. Now, I don’t mean that you need to go on a business retreat and hold hands with your coworkers as you dance around a campfire singing Kumbaya. But we can be practicing ways of relating to others that build mutual respect, trust, and maybe even…More
One of the greatest challenges for an NYC parent: Preschool
NYC is notorious for being competitive…for everything—even preschool. That’s right, we aren’t talking about college, Ivy League, Harvard…Nah. I’m talking about the institution where your kids go to play with blocks, take naps, and get milk and cookies.More
Growing up Asian in a Non-Asian town
Most people think I’m white. But I don’t look white.More
When shopping for cucumbers in NYC got strange
Going to the grocery store for organic cucumbers should be boring. But this time was different.More
St. Louis, can we have a heart to heart?
Dear St. Louis, You say such mean things about yourself. It almost sounds like you hate yourself. Let’s talk about that, shall we?More
The truth about how I got my biggest promotion
I’ve always believed it pays to be honest. Even when it’s scary. I was working at my first full-time job at a bank doing data entry, and my coworker made a mistake that got sent to the COO of the bank.More
Want to do work you love? Learn from the work you hate
When I started my data entry job in 2004, I would have never known that it would have helped me in starting businesses. But it did.More
There is no growth without this
Everyone wants to grow. No one wants to go backward, stagnate, settle. It may happen, but not because we want that. Then why do some people grow more than others? Is it just pure ability, genetics, environment? Maybe. It’s hard to say. But, for me, there is one characteristic that stands out more than others.More
Reflections from a Friday night in the East Village
It was a cold, wet night, in the East Village. And I was rushing to my destination.More
My first business was a complete failure
Featured pic above by Billy, I think, of my business partner and me at our first photo shoot. We had no idea what we were doing. What is that look on my face? Grand dreams of selling luxury t-shirts swirled in my mind, as I schlepped through Bedford Stuyvesant, the Brooklyn neighborhood in which Jay-Z…More