Two things you can do to ease the holiday season The holiday season is supposed to be about fun, friends, and family. But often it’s fatiguing, fast, and frantic. Here are two things you can do to make the holiday season more pleasant and easier to handle. They’re simple and basic and they’ll work. If…
Get Your Stuff Done! I’m super excited to share that the Get Your Stuff Done Book has been released. A few years ago, I wanted to up my productivity game. I tried a bunch of apps and journals. In the end, I took the best of what I was seeing and doing and created my…
If you want to improve, start a daily practice. Do you want to build skills in something? Want to be a better writer? Painter? Musician? Welder? If you do, start a project. It sounds pedantic, but it’s the truth. Do something daily. Practice again and again. You’ll be amazed at what you achieve. Below, you…
Get Your Stuff Done! My sixth book comes out this week! In today’s episode, I explore the power of 3 and celebrate the upcoming release of my latest book. It’s more a journal and project planner than a book per se. It’s my system on how to get your stuff done. I developed it so…
Comedian Chris Griggs Chris joins me to talk comedy and teaching the next generation of stand-up comics. Chris has been a regular host for TV Land’s “Prime Movies” he’s also been on TV on Saturday Night Live, Bravo, Hulu and The Discovery Channel among others. In addition to being a stand-up comedian, he is…
Encouraging Courage Through Stand-up Comedy Welcome to the last week of student interviews from the Intro to Stand-up Comedy class I took at the People’s Improv Theater in New York City, NY. These three hilarious comedians and terrific people shared their journeys, fears, wins, and processes in getting to the stage. Plus, they…
Holiday Caroling Leadership Lessons I’m honored to be the soprano and manager of the Philosopher’s Tones, one of the premier holiday caroling groups around, The Philosopher’s Tones. The other night I got a nice lesson in what happens when you’re in charge. See, I now live in New York City. The Tones work in the…
How the Big Show Went, part 1 We did it! We had our big stand-up comedy class show. To commemorate the event, the fab class agreed to give you a taste of their sets. So, take a listen as this episode’s four guests give you their immediate reactions to how things went. And as a…
Music is the universal language. If you want to understand another culture, listen to their songs. There are so many things I love about doing world music at colleges and universities. I get to expose students to new cultures and languages. I get to introduce them to music they would otherwise never hear. And they…
Standing Up Week 4 Miranda Roldán and Molly Bossardt join me on the show for a second round. Listen in as Molly and Miranda discuss the importance of networking, connecting with classmates and audiences, and facing your fears. Molly Bossardt Find Molly on Instagram: molzbalz (Personal) and buyingbrooklyn (Real Estate) Website: https://www.abrooklynhome.com/ Miranda Roldán…