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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Eric Brown, the 47-year-old CEO and founder of Imperio Consulting in Orlando. It has been edited for length and clarity.After 25 years in the Special Forces, I was ready for a new challenge. I took everything I learned about leadership, adaptability,…
As President Donald Trump’s trade war continues, consumers are worried about higher prices and potential layoffs, while businesses are sweating over higher import costs and waning foreign demand for their products.They are dynamics that economists say could throw the US into recession. They’re also likely to have an outsize impact…
By my mid-30s I seemed to have it all: I was happily married with a nice apartment in Edinburgh and a well-regarded and well-paid job.Although my life sounded good on paper, I was miserable.My corporate job felt stressful and unrewarding, and I worked many long hours. I was overweight but…
Ever since I was a little girl, I wanted to be a print journalist. In high school, a few teachers tried to steer me in a different direction because getting a job in the media was so difficult even then, but I was determined to make it happen.I studied for…
When I had my first child, I put my career on hold and quit my successful marketing job. I wanted to raise my little girl myself instead of hiring a nanny or sending her to a nursery.Plus, at the time, my husband worked long hours, so he barely saw her…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Shauna Sweeney, founder and CEO of tendercare. It has been edited for length and clarity.My dad, Mike, is a formidable human. He raised me and my brother as a single dad. He was a bar pilot, navigating massive cargo ships under…
The journalism industry is notoriously fickle, and I’ve watched many colleagues around me get laid off over the years. However, the same fate didn’t reach me until I was 15 years into my career.In 2019, I was called into a corporate office I’d never been to so a human-resources employee…
One of my fondest memories of my daughter is going home after a long day of work at my old law firm and seeing her sitting on the steps, anxiously waiting to ask me about my day. She would run toward me, grab my briefcase, and help me into the…
Dinner at the Inn at Little Washington — chef Patrick O’Connell’s famous three-star Michelin restaurant in Washington, Virginia — is no ordinary feast.The night could begin with an eggshell filled with roasted garlic custard, chanterelle mushrooms, and Parmesan foam. Midway, you might be served a chartreuse of savoy cabbage and…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tobi Adekeye, a 27-year-old content creator and project manager based in Toronto. It’s been edited for length and clarity.In mid-2024, I started playing around with the idea of quitting my job, but I hesitated.I felt it would be shameful to already…
