🎧🎧 Listen to Sunday Sunshine HERE 🎧🎧 Dear ChatGPT (and all your AI cousins),At first, I rolled my eyes at you. I was very cynical.People talked about you as the next best thing -- that if I weren’t using you, I’d be left behind.Another shiny new thing. Another TikTok, Threads, yet another platform to subscribe to.Not for me.Not for my business.Hard pass.But then…I listened for understanding. I started watching how others were using you—to learn, to stretch, to stay relevant.I pushed myself to...
1 day ago • 3 min read
Reader, 🎧🎧 Listen to Sunday Sunshine HERE 🎧🎧 I remember at Fast Company in the midst of a potentially transformative new digital initiative roll-out, I was at the end of my rope. Our Editor & Chief was relentless: Every email he sent was push back. His numbers were incorrect, he was missing the context and next steps were never clear. He drove me crazy with each and every interaction. Has that every happened to you? Frustration rises. And then... Your fingers hit the keyboard. You type fast,...
9 days ago • 2 min read
Reader, 🎧🎧 Listen to Sunday Sunshine HERE 🎧🎧 Fun fact: I was a ball girl at The U.S. Open tennis tournament. I was 13 years old, commuting two hours by bus, subway, and on foot to Flushing Meadows for my very first day. I arrived in the official U.S. Open ball girl uniform [sneakers included!]—more concerned about how I looked than how I’d perform. But super nervous working in the house of Arthur Ashe. After orientation, I was handed a stack of tennis ball containers and sent running under...
16 days ago • 3 min read
Reader, 🎧🎧 Listen to Sunday Sunshine HERE 🎧🎧 Chemotherapy is a cocktail. My first infusion mixed two drugs, prepared fresh just for me—not pulled off a shelf. That first night in the hospital, I received my first infusion through my newly implanted PICC line at 2 a.m. Every dose in that round had to be given at the same time—2 a.m. Dark nights in the hospital were marked by the beeps from the IV Drip Pump and the quiet buzz from the nurses' station. So, plenty of time to think. In those early...
23 days ago • 3 min read
Reader, 🎧🎧 Listen to Sunday Sunshine HERE 🎧🎧 We lose our curiosity quietly. Not all at once. Bit by bit — between the meetings we rush to, problems we solve on autopilot, and the constant pull of the daily grind. Somewhere along the way, we trade What if? for What’s next? And when you do, you lose one of the most powerful leadership tools you have. I’ve been trained to ask questions. It’s what coaches do — because a single question can change a conversation, a career, even a life. But I've...
30 days ago • 4 min read
Reader, 🎧🎧 Listen to Sunday Sunshine HERE 🎧🎧 We think the big promises are the ones that matter. The ones we make to our kids, clients, our teams. But what really matters are the little promises we make and then break to ourselves E.V.E.R.Y. D.A.Y. I'll get up early tomorrow to work out. I'll ask for that promotion. I’m done with sugar. No more social media after 6 PM. And then we don’t. We tell ourselves it’s not a big deal. That we’ll start again Monday. That we were tired or stressed or...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Reader, 🎧🎧 Listen to Sunday Sunshine HERE 🎧🎧 That pit in your stomach on Sunday evening? It’s not just anxiety. It’s your soul whispering: You were made for more than this. LinkedIn reports that 70% of us feel the Sunday Scaries—that deep dread about the week ahead. What if I told you that feeling is a calling? The quality of your week ahead is determined by the quality of your thoughts about the week ahead. I started writing Sunday Sunshine after years of that dreaded Sunday feeling. Here’s...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Reader, 🎧🎧 Listen to Sunday Sunshine HERE 🎧🎧 Think about your worst-case scenario. Then think about the double bagel. When Amanda Anisimova walked onto center court at Wimbledon for the women's finals, losing was her worst-case scenario. She didn't just lose—she was swept 6-0, 6-0 in 57 minutes without winning a single game. What's called a "double bagel" that's happened only twice before in the tournament's century-long history. But watch what happens next. Through tears, Amanda thanked...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Reader, 🎧🎧 Listen to Sunday Sunshine HERE 🎧🎧 This is a best of Sunday Sunshine. I am my word. I am driven. I am like no one else. I am boldly creating even when uncertain. I am in pursuit of an extraordinary life. I had an exceptional second quarter. When I evaluated the quarter, I couldn't put my finger on anything exceptional that I'd done to make it exceptional. While I rarely go back and read my journal, I was curious about what I was thinking and writing at the time to give me insight...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Reader, 🎧🎧 Listen to Sunday Sunshine HERE 🎧🎧 I searched "success" in my Notes App and found 786 entries. I often call myself a success coach. Success isn't an outcome, a productivity metric, or a destination. Success is living a life on purpose—one that's intentional, deliberate, and consistent. One that generates joy, ease, and impact for you and others. This is success alignment. My AML diagnosis transformed my understanding of success. Now I'm on a mission to help high achievers define and...
2 months ago • 3 min read