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Tiffany Kent
6 days ago2 min read
Inner Excellence
(photo credit to one of my kids while I was thinking deeply at lunch in La Jolla) When A.J. Brown, a Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver,...
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Tiffany Kent
Jan 312 min read
Turning Setbacks into Comebacks: The Lisa Kudrow Lesson
Friends The TV show and Real Life Lessons What I love about Lisa Kudrow’s story is that she created her own part to play—literally. When...
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Tiffany Kent
Jan 242 min read
Baby, It’s Cold Outside
Early settlers in the North had to figure out ways to stay warm. That discomfort drove innovation. It makes me wonder about the recurring...
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Tiffany Kent
Jan 172 min read
Turning an obstacle into an advantage
(photo of me and my BF before my mom took off!!) Growing up in a crappy apartment in Beverly Hills, surrounded by rich girls, I was at a...
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Tiffany Kent
Jan 102 min read
From Palisades to Apocalypse
The devastation caused by the LA fires is heartbreaking. For years, our family has cherished our annual Christmas visits to the...
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Tiffany Kent
Jan 33 min read
California Dreaming
Every Christmas, we head to California to visit my college friends Torrey McClary and Elissa Brown and Rich’s parents. This year,...
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Tiffany Kent
Dec 27, 20242 min read
Happy Holidays!!
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is the art museum featured in the movie Rocky From Random Acts to Real Results Over the last two years,...
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Tiffany Kent
Dec 20, 20243 min read
3 mistakes I made and what I learned
I love connecting with people. It is what makes me come alive. - like when I connect with a stranger on a plane, - on a train, or -...
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Tiffany Kent
Dec 13, 20242 min read
The Secret is to break out of The Matrix:
I love finding inspiration from movies! This vlog is all about rethinking how we can break free from the rat race and uncover the truth...
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Tiffany Kent
Dec 6, 20244 min read
The Journey to Personal Leadership
On a cold December morning, I found myself wrestling with the concept of leadership—not in the traditional sense of leading others, but...
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Tiffany Kent
Nov 29, 20242 min read
Field Goals in Life: Turning Challenges into Triumphs
Over the weekend, I traveled to San Francisco to visit clients, spend time with my mom, and attend the Big Game with my friend Royce...
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Tiffany Kent
Nov 21, 20242 min read
Money, Money, Money
The most important lesson I learned about money. And it has nothing to do with budgeting. It was being a poor girl in a rich man’s...
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Tiffany Kent
Nov 8, 20242 min read
Hold Hands with Your Skeletons
Rich and I recently attended an 11th-grade parent social at our kids high school, and many of us shared stories about our kids' college...
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Tiffany Kent
Nov 1, 20241 min read
In a World of Chaos and Randomness
Growing up in the entertainment capital, where the weather may be predictable but life rarely is, I’ve carried those lessons with me on...
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Tiffany Kent
Oct 23, 20242 min read
From Beverly Hills 90212 to Wall Street
Going to Beverly Hills High School was surreal - It was the time of the hit show 'Beverly Hills 90210', the movie 'Less than Zero', and...
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Tiffany Kent
Oct 18, 20242 min read
Dreaming Big in the Big Apple
Over Fall break, we attended a beautiful wedding, visited a college in Connecticut, and, of course, spent some time in New York City....
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Tiffany Kent
Oct 11, 20242 min read
Wall Street Hustle to Southern Roots: Finding My Voice, Empowering Hers
"Honey, you don't understand how things work down here." These words came from a dear friend after I had spent a year living and working...
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Tiffany Kent
Oct 4, 20243 min read
Confessions of a Tiger Mom
I remember when I was an analyst at a hedge fund. One day, a company I invested in got acquired, and I made a 30% return in a single...
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Tiffany Kent
Sep 26, 20242 min read
Roxanne
In my early years of working on Wall Street, I felt conspicuously out of place, like the song lyrics of "Roxanne" by The Police resonated...
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