Finance
I help clients buy $400K gifts and handle $900K gambling losses. It’s changed how I see wealth.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Olivia Ferney, chief marketing officer with Top Tier Travel. It has been edited for length and clarity. When I was growing up in Canada, raised by two guidance counselors, hearing “no” was a fact of life. Even for little things, like making a…
I worked 13-hour days building my startup while working at Apple. Here’s why I ignored advice to go all in sooner.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Julie Zhu, a 29-year-old entrepreneur in New York City who left Apple last year to focus on her startup, Odd One In. The following has been edited for length and clarity. A few years ago, I started considering leaving my job at Apple and making…
Actually, blue-dot fever is amazing
When I noticed that Guns N’ Roses was playing nearby on a random Wednesday in August, I fired off a text to my boyfriend with a screenshot of the ticket map. “Mainly not serious but,” I wrote, followed by, “Is … v cheap.” Less than a week before the show, it seemed Axl, Slash, and
Tennis star Taylor Fritz says playing video games helps keep his brain ‘working well’ on the court
Taylor Fritz, 28, said playing “League of Legends” is as much a part of his tennis routine as sleep and recovery. Speaking to GQ in an interview published on Wednesday, the tennis star said playing video games helps him decompress. “When you’re training and traveling, you don’t always have the…
Yayoi Kusama never stopped creating until her death at 97. Here’s what she said about productivity and aging.
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, best known for her colorful, polka-dot-covered artwork and sculptures, has died. She was 97. Kusama’s official website announced her death on Thursday, saying in a statement that the artist had died in a Tokyo hospital on August 14. It did not specify a cause of death…
I visited lesser-known parts of Japan. The trip taught me to say ‘yes’ more.
Some days, life goes your way. Other days, AI steals another client from your content marketing roster while your French bulldog is undergoing a $2,500 corneal ulcer treatment, and rent is due on the first. So when times are tough, I’ve found that saying “no” rolls off the tongue quite smoothly…
Hyundai CEO says your local car dealership could sell you a humanoid robot
Your local Hyundai dealership could someday start selling humanoid and dog-like robots. “We have existing potential distribution for selling robots through our dealer partners,” José Muñoz, Hyundai’s CEO, said during the company’s investor day. He added that Hyundai Capital, which already finances…
I went to Dollywood for the first time last summer, and I’m still thinking about it. I can’t wait to go back.
Disney World has long been my dream vacation. Since I was a kid, I’ve loved heading down to Florida and spending time in the parks, jumping on some of my favorite rides like “Soarin’” and “Pirates of the Caribbean.” Last summer, I decided to switch it up. I’ve heard great things about Dollywood in…
CEO Jensen Huang went on an AI deal spree in August. Nvidia plans to invest $18 billion more this fiscal year.
Jensen Huang is feeling spendy. In the span of a few weeks, the Nvidia CEO has committed billions to deals and investments — with more potentially right around the corner. The spending spree shows how far Nvidia is expanding beyond chips and raises a bigger question: how much of the AI ecosystem…
Dolly Parton’s smartest business move was saying no to Elvis Presley
In what world does a young, sequined country singer with just a handful of chart-toppers to her name turn down a special request from the King of Rock? In Dollywood, of course. Dolly Parton, who died on Tuesday, was less than a decade into her career when she released the twangy torch song “I Will