What Jay Sebring Taught Me About Success
Earlier in my career, I had the honor and privilege of working for the late, great Jay Sebring, the innovator who transformed men’s hairstyling. Jay took over the luxurious men’s salon where I worked in San Francisco’s Financial District. This was in the early days of...
Fashion Becomes Art…And a Lesson for Every Speaker
In 2014, my friend Nancy Shina and I celebrated years of friendship—and shopping—with a vacation in Paris. One of the highlights was attending Schiaparelli and the Artists (Schiaparelli et les Artistes), during the reopening of the Maison Schiaparelli and renewed...
Artists Contribute to History and Leadership
On a recent trip to London, for the second time, I visited the Imperial War Museum and the powerful exhibition Beauty and Destruction: Wartime London in Art. Once again, I left with perspective. I have always been interested in history and, as a child, grew up hearing...
Lily of the Valley Was a Champion
While preparing for a new speech, Million Dollar Mindset, I found myself thinking about the people who influenced how I see success. One of them was my grandfather. He was a coal miner in South Wales. For several years, he was also a Welsh champion pigeon racer. As a...
