Once a month, I curate the best links on how to find work that you love, be excellent at what you do, and unlock any door that stands in your way. Mostly, I gather articles and podcasts that capture my attention because they make me think or laugh. Here is the final link round-up for 2015!
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
• Yes, we all revert to childhood patterns when we go home. Here’s what you can do about it.
• From a painter hitting her stride at the age of 100 to a 35 year old artist/studio manager at the center of New York’s buzziest scene, these 14 female visionaries are carving out fresh, fearless ways to rule the art world.
• Thinking about leaving your job and becoming an entrepreneur? Here are 23 awesome reasons to work for yourself.
• Every time I get in a cab in NYC (or anywhere for that matter), the cab drivers are on their cells. Ever wonder who NYC cab drivers are actually talking to on the phone?
• Baby, it’s cold outside. Here are some yummy, healthy and hot drinks to get us through the cold winter months.
• He started it in his dorm room as a dating site. Today, it has a following of over a billion and a half users a day. What’s next? Here is Mark Zuckerberg’s bold plan for the future of Facebook.
• Hannah Brencher has dedicated her life to showing total strangers they are not alone in the world. You can help. The world needs more love letters.
• Female executives and filmmakers are ready to run studios and direct blockbuster pictures. What keeps them from doing it? The women of Hollywood speak out.
• Feeling stuck in your job and not sure what to do about it? Here’s how 5 real people made massive career changes — and you can, too!
• Two of my favorite actresses are Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. Their TED talk is a celebration of lifelong female friendship.
• From Afganistan’s first female pilot to the 57 schoolgirls who escaped the terrorist group Boko Haram, let’s not forget these bad-ass women who are an inspiration to us all.
• The latest in tech: 21 female founders who killed it in 2015.
• Finally, let’s honor those who died this past year: remembering some of the artists, innovators and thinkers we lost in 2015.
Image: Willie Franklin.