My writing has been featured in top publications including Fortune, Inc, Time and the BBC. Topics include Team Management, Negotiation, Career Advice and Technology.
Advice I share with my team
Many of my communications with colleagues often turn into published articles on specialized topics.
I love managing teams
I frequently develop training materials for empowering my teams and often share the ideas in publications like this one.
Negotiation training
I trained teams in sales and negotiation.
I helped teams with negotiation, sales and communication.
A lot of the sales training I provide has been focused around showing teams how to negotiate effectively. Many articles I wrote on this topic ended up getting published, like this one in the Observer.
Working together
Working with teams from different generations can be challenging sometimes.
I’ve always been able to make teams come together no matter the age groups involved.
I shared my experiences from getting millennials and Get X-ers to work together effectively in Fortune.
Leadership lessons
Training teams to be great leaders has often been a big part of my role in getting products and companies launched.
I believe we can learn many lessons from all of our diverse experiences.
“When generalizing about any group, it’s first necessary to recognize that not everybody in any particular group acts like everyone else. There is often just as much variation within in each group, as there is between groups.”
“One often overlooked tip for managing people:
Treat people who leave your company or team well, and speak highly of them after they are gone. Encourage your team to only speak positively about ex employees.”
“Dealing with a co-worker you personally dislike is, sadly, a common problem. The best way to deal with that person is to ignore him or her and keep doing your job. Focus on yourself and your work rather than on people you dislike.”
Making a good first impression can make or break a job interview. But what’s the best way to do it?
One often overlooked tip for managing people:
Treat people who leave your company or team well, and speak highly of them after they are gone. Encourage your team to only speak positively about ex employees.
Don't look too busy.
"Ironically the busier you appear, often the less you will move up," claims user Mira Zaslove. "I've seen smart and dedicated employees fail to get promoted because they have taken on too much, are working too hard, and appear too frazzled."
As an Xer, I’ve worked with and managed many millennials. People are people. Yet, there are times when knowing a little about each generation has helped me understand a colleague.
Customers may have Dom Pérignon tastes and a PBR budget. The sooner you get to their real budget, the better.
Learning how to successfully “pick your battles” largely depends on your comfort level, the culture, and a calculated risk / reward equation.
Nailing the introduction will break the ice and improve your chances of moving to the next steps.
Uncovering company culture can be tricky in an interview, as you are trying to get the job, as well as figuring out if you want the job.
“The best way to handle people having a a bad idea of you is to not get defensive or emotional. Try to view their opinion as a third person would and impartially. Take your feelings and your emotion out of the equation.”
“People who get rich are always both persuasive and credible.”
“Listen and ask questions. It may not be what you want to hear, but be open. If they don’t like the idea, ask them bluntly: what do you think can be improved?”
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times! Babies are amazingly cute. But they move too much, they are totally unpredictable, and they will not pose. As a first time mom, who enjoys photography, I've taken a lot of baby photos. And I've learned a few tips. It takes practice, patience, and lots of shooting.
Retailers use all kind of tricks, to get people to spend more money. At the grocery store, we get smaller and smaller packaging – all for the same price. And the stuff we came to the store for (the milk) is all the way at the back of the store, and the stuff we don’t need (the latest tabloid) is right at the front.
How much money people spend is often influenced by psychology, and the alternatives under consideration.
Forget investing, hard work or the lottery is there one word that will make you rich beyond your wildest dreams? It turns out, there very well could be.
One colleague gave me the most effective piece of financial advice, look at the fund’s Expense Ratio. The expense ratio does not include the cost of buying a fund. This expense is referred to the sales load fee, and is a one-time event.
Physiological evidence indicates that access to the rational part of our brain is essentially cut off when we're stressed.
FOMO can be costing you money. Seriously. Understanding FOMO can save you heartache and dollars.
Every pregnancy is different, but I happily traveled across the country and internationally while in my first and second trimesters. It largely depends on where you want to go, and at what stage in your pregnancy.
The best way to handle criticism depends on the type of criticism. And who it’s coming from.
Smile and look them in the eye.
Then give them a genuine compliment. People like and trust people who are nice to them, and like them.
“You don’t marry a man, you marry a lifestyle.”
Who you marry has the largest impact not just on your emotional life, but also on your lifestyle.
“Limit the options you provide to two or three. The paradox of choice dictates that the more choices you provide to someone, the more they like aspects of each option.”
“People who bluff generally overcompensate. In my experience the people who screamed and yelled and made the biggest fuss about walking out on the deal, actually didn’t mean it. They were just trying to intimidate me. And it worked, until I noticed the pattern. ”
“You don’t need to be confrontational and combative to be a good negotiator.”
Something surprising: better negotiators focus more on the other side, than they do on themselves. Instead of telling other people what to think, they ask questions, and really listen.
It's the opposite of the more popular, foot-in-the-door technique, where you ask for something small, gain a concession, and then ask for something bigger.
“Having your start-up fail can feel like losing your first love, promising job, talented friends, shared identity, and burgeoning bank account, both suddenly and painfully slowly. ”
“People don’t like to wait. They don’t like commercial breaks. They want the content, on demand. With no interruptions.”
“Customers are quick to say “no” to new payments products.”
Having your start-up fail can feel like losing your first love, promising job, talented friends, shared identity, and burgeoning bank account, both suddenly and painfully slowly.
It will be big, though it probably won't immediately hurt PayPal or other payment methods.
Mira was a Top Writer on Quora from 2014 to 2018 with over 27 million views and nearly 50k subscribers. Quora is the leading internet question and answer platform with over 300 million unique visitors per month.
