Smart is Sexy
Smart Is Sexy explores mindset, social intelligence, relationships, and power for high-agency minds. Ready to become the main character of your life?
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Seductive Intellect: Power, Perspective & Modern Ambition (opens the original)
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Lately I’ve been thinking about the danger of being too good at figuring shit out, why changing your mind might be a sign of intelligence, what AI is making more valuable about being human, and whether the life you’re working so hard to build is still one you actually want. Also: a sexy think tank, uber blacks, an investment wired, and a reminder that you do not have to be born on third base to build an extraordinary life.Seductive Intellect is t
How to be soft, strategic, and impossible to underestimate (opens the original)
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Why are kindness, composure, and discernment more powerful than force?<img alt="" class="sizing-large" height="305.4891304347826" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Lf6q!,w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-med
The Hand You’re Dealt Is Only Your Starting Hand (opens the original)
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When I was seventeen or eighteen, I spent one particularly beautiful summer night cleaning tables inside an empty restaurant. I remember looking outside and thinking about the kids I went to school with. I went to public school, but it was in an affluent neighborhood, so every summer, it felt like everyone disappeared to Europe.& I had never been to Europe. So while they were somewhere in Italy or France, I was wiping down tables in a restaurant with no customers.I felt bad for myself that night
5 Small Shifts That Make You More Powerful (opens the original)
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Hi smarties! You know I’m always talking about becoming more high agency & why that pay off is so good. Let’s go over some common misconceptions… because you do not need a new personality, a dramatic… Read more
Ten Women, One Table, and the Art of Not Needing Saving (opens the original)
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What female founders really say about agency, ambition, relationships, and becoming self-reliant when the polished answers disappear.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="424.5824175824176" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetc
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