Life Lessons From DJ Khaled, Motivational Snapchatter and Arbiter of 'Success!'

Do you know about America’s newest inspirational guru DJ Khaled? He is not just the guy behind all those posse radio tracks; he is a teacher and a friend to Miami, as well as the rest of the world. From his social feeds, we’ve learned so much. If it rains, give thanks. If you get pulled over on your jet ski because…
My Vassar College Faculty ID Makes Everything OK
The fourth time a Poughkeepsie police officer told me that my Vassar College Faculty ID could make everything OK was three years ago. I was driving down Wilbur Avenue. When the white police officer, whose head was way too small for his neck, asked if my truck was stolen, I laughed, said no, and shamefully showed him…
Forget Tiger Mom. Success Is About Skechers and the Ethnic Food Aisle.
We the American people can finally rejoice. As you may have heard, Amy Chua (aka Tiger Mom)'s new book The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in America is officially available. Finally, the lowly unsuccessful (by cultural upbringing) people can finally unlock the…
The Perfume-Spraying Robot That Tells You How Popular You Are Online
With our various electronic devices always pinging and beeping to notify us of various developments in the world, be it a "liked" Facebook status or a breaking news alert, you wouldn't think we'd need MORE ways to gauge how well-received we were online. And yet, apparently we do. That's why Benjamin Redford invented a…
Let Google’s Marissa Mayer Learn You Some Trite Business and Life Lessons
No big deal or anything, but Marissa Mayer, Vice President of Google's Local, Maps, and Location services, fielded 14 job offers when she graduated Stanford in 1999 before accepting an offer from Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to become the company's first female engineer and only its 20th employee. So, if…
Finally, a Reason to Stop Trying So Hard at Life
Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night and have a conversation in hushed tones with yourself about whether driving so hard to be a success in your professional life is really worth it? Well, here's some good news for you: It's not! A new study has found that ambitious people don't necessarily come out on top.…
Are New Year's Weight Loss Resolutions Keeping Women Down?
It doesn't take a PhD in How Shit Works Studies to understand that the notion that any of us can really "have it all" is absurd. The perfect family, the perfect career, the perfect sex life, and the perfect body are all such demanding mistresses that unless we prioritize and choose one or two, we end up with none of…
Ballad Of The Female "Self Promoter"
There's a part in Tiny Furniture where one confused young daughter of success tells another, "Our moms are assholes. [They're] too successful not to be." I thought of that while reading a recent profile of new New York City schools chancellor Cathie Black, who until recently was the chairwoman of Hearst magazines. …
Are Today's Girl Jocks Tomorrow's Female CEOs?
Some of the most successful women grew up playing sports. So do girls need athletics to get ahead?
Is George Clooney Dating Down?
Now that George Clooney is reportedly dating Italian model/TV presenter Elisabetta Canalis (above, the couple in Milan today), we wonder why he's established a pattern of dating women much less professionally successful than himself. Let's take a tour.
