Though there were so many tremendous athletic performances to come out of the 2018 Winter Olympics, Chloe Kim was by far the one to receive the most attention after winning gold for snowboarding making her the youngest woman ever to win an Olympic snowboarding medal. From blowing up on social media — her endearing pre-gold hunger Tweet — to being mentioned in Oscar winner Frances McDormand’s acceptance speech, this girl and her career on fire. Though she was just accepted int

Author: Anne Fisher Source: Monster Two years out of an Ivy League college, 24-year-old Mike Lewis snagged a high-paying job with Bain Capital Ventures, a finance arm of prestigious consulting firm Bain & Co. He knew he should be happy. After all, only a tiny percentage of candidates for jobs like this are chosen, so getting hired at the firm, he says, was “like winning the lottery.” Yet, an avid and skilled squash player, Lewis found himself spending more and more time “star

People talk about “becoming” and “being” your best. What is someone’s “best?” Seriously, what is your “best?” It’s incredibly difficult to get your arms around it, partly because it’s a moving target that is influenced by dynamically moving components: your current skill, your world-view and the environmental conditions. After spending time with so many world-leading performers – many are uncommonly relentless toward pursuing their “best.” And — there’s a more stable componen

It’s a steamy morning at Mayakoba resort on the Riviera Maya of Mexico, and Suzanne Cohen, VP of Luxury Brands for the Americas at Marriott International, has just finished a presentation on brand strategy at the ILTM Americas conference — an annual gathering of luxury travel advisors and industry professionals. It’s a glamorous setting, for sure, but Cohen has only flown in for a series of meetings. Right before this, she was in Los Cabos doing a site inspection at the soon-

In this very competitive society we live in, the need for creative thinking is now more in demand more than ever. Both the corporate and organizational landscape require creativity from their staff and employees, may it be to come up with superbly packaged products, enticing marketing campaigns, innovation breakthroughs or as trivial as solving daily challenges in the workplace. Creative thinking is not for the artistic people alone. People who work in other fields need to fi

Every Friday we put together a list of the weekend events we think look most interesting and provide them here. Keep in mind there is always a lot more going on, and all it takes is a little digging to find something that will be the perfect activity for you. Click on any of the event titles for a link to the event. Friday, April 15 Family Movie Night at the Presidio: The Sandlot Presidio Main Post, San Francisco 5:30 PM, All Ages Free Bring your family and enjoy a free famil

Every Friday we put together a list of the weekend events we think look most interesting and provide them here. Keep in mind there is always a lot more going on, and all it takes is a little digging to find something that will be the perfect activity for you. Click on any of the event titles for a link to the event. Friday, January 1 Joke or Get Off The Stage The Washington Inn, Oakland 8 PM, All Ages $20 Joke or Get Off The Stage – New Year’s special show puts past Comedy Oa