That's Aloud!

Revenge is a dish best served with champagne.

A friend of mine recently sent me this article about a “test” Elon Musk supposedly gave his assistant of twelve years, Mary Beth Brown, when she asked him fo...

How to find your authentic path through an inauthentic world.

As anyone who’s ever moved to a new town can tell you, being the new kid can be rough. You don’t know any of the inside jokes (you literally had to be there)...

This coming Monday is May Day, i.e. May 1st, i.e. International Workers Day, which around here means a slew of protests and the accompanying threat of violen...

Hustle. Not everyone has it. Hustle is that extra effort some people put forward to make things happen and get what they want. It’s what separates the succes...

Just now, I overheard my boss saying to a visitor: “…and Adrienne. She keeps us all sane.” This is a responsibility I do not take lightly. And I must say, No...

Anybody else out there feeling sort of… stuck? If your life is currently running like a well-oiled machine that spews out meaning and value in a graceful fou...

Imagine, for a moment, that your exec has just asked you to do something that you do not want to do. Maybe because you don’t feel confident that you can do i...

In a recent conversation about ways to set oneself apart in a job interview, a fellow EA who we will call “Kate” gave the sage advice to come in prepared wit...

First, a confession: My name is Adrienne, and I’m a podcast addict. Maybe it was all that NPR growing up, but I just luuurrrrve listening to podcasts. I can ...

A friend of mine was recently promoted to supporting a VIP at a prominent tech company. This is, of course, cause for celebration. But it came along with an ...

It’s 7 pm on Valentine’s Day. I’m reading an email from Bossman and although he isn’t using the words “urgent” or “emergency,” I can feel his anxiety reachin...

I used to be anti-checklist. It seemed so anal-retentive to check off little boxes on a sheet every time I wanted to get something accomplished. And if I’m h...

My senior year of high school, I had an amazing teacher. She taught me more useful stuff about how to learn in the course of one semester than I had learned ...

This one’s for the execs in the crowd. But EA’s, feel free to read, pass along to your exec, and give me YOUR feedback re your favorite method of receiving f...

UPDATE: Huge thanks to Christina Holhauzer for reprinting this post on her awesome blog, Tips for Assistants! File this one under: learn from my mistakes. Lu...