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Tiffany Kent
Sep 1, 20232 min read
Hexagons + Coffee = Rich experience
When I was a kid, bored at my mom’s boyfriend’s condo, I started to draw hexagons. One within another on graph paper. Then it became an...
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Tiffany Kent
Aug 25, 20232 min read
Wonder Woman!!
I was just about to add some additional major costs to my business and not really analyzing why .. until I realized I was just...
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Tiffany Kent
Aug 18, 20233 min read
I need to calm down
When my dad visits, he wants to start our “to-do” list immediately. He is like the energizer bunny. Immediately he wants to: - work on...
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Tiffany Kent
Aug 10, 20232 min read
What is next?
As summer is coming to a close, and I’m at the end of completing many of my admin tasks, I’m thinking hard about what comes next….....
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Tiffany Kent
Aug 4, 20233 min read
Tiger Mom
I remember being bored a lot as a kid. I would say to my grandmother, I’m bored. Grandma Darling would say back, “Hi Bored; it’s nice to...
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Tiffany Kent
Jul 28, 20232 min read
LA Story
Most aspiring actors, when they move to LA, want to see if they can make it. They arrive with little money. They get a job serving tables...
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Tiffany Kent
Jul 20, 20232 min read
Wildcats
When we moved to Texas, I quickly learned folks who prospect for oil are called Wildcats. They are excited to explore. They keep digging...
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Tiffany Kent
Jul 14, 20232 min read
A New York State of Mind
Growing up, I wanted to be average. I wanted to be like everyone else. I wanted long, pretty highlights in my hair. I was the only kid...
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Tiffany Kent
Jul 7, 20233 min read
A perfect view
It’s hard to make a big decision. “Especially when people want to avoid discomfort as much as they can, and most people will seek...
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Tiffany Kent
Jun 30, 20232 min read
I want to be a cowgirl, baby.
Growing up, I felt inadequate and insecure because I wasn’t rich. This feeling of being ashamed started when: - I attended Beverly Hills...
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Tiffany Kent
Jun 22, 20232 min read
Desperately Seeking Growth
Back when I was a teenager, I rode my 10-speed bike to the grocery store and to my doctor’s appointments. I scheduled my own...
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Tiffany Kent
Jun 16, 20233 min read
When confidence fails
It was the summer of 1991, and I just graduated from high school. My mom bought an RV and gave up her apartment in Beverly Hills. My...
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Tiffany Kent
Jun 9, 20232 min read
Maverick
On our plane ride back from Rome, I started to watch the new Top Gun: Maverick movie. Halfway through I already know how this movie will...
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Tiffany Kent
Jun 2, 20233 min read
Sirens and Sorrento
Starting out in marketing my business, I tried everything. I was an expert editor for Nerdwallet I did a weekly news program on money I...
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Tiffany Kent
May 24, 20233 min read
Trading Places
Last Friday was the most unusual day for me. It started with: - a walk with a friend, - a coffee with a friend, - a lunch with a friend,...
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Tiffany Kent
May 18, 20233 min read
Rocky Reunion
Attending my husband’s law school reunion brought back painful memories of my Harvard Business School reunion. Reunions suck unless you...
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Tiffany Kent
May 12, 20232 min read
You’ve got a Friend in Finance 🎵📉
Inflation, Debt Ceiling, Layoffs! But there is beauty in the chaos. And it's the Taylor Rule. I’m here as a friend to help explain....
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Tiffany Kent
May 4, 20232 min read
“Ninety percent of success in life is just showing up.”
- Woody Allen After a terrible night’s sleep, worrying about everything possible: kids, money, the stock market, I woke up at 4:30 am and...
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Tiffany Kent
Apr 28, 20233 min read
Rich girl in a rat race
I loved walking to work in NYC. I loved my job at a hedge fund. We lived on 68th and 3rd and the office was on 48th and Madison. On Park...
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Tiffany Kent
Apr 21, 20233 min read
Poor Little Rich Girl
Growing up in New Canaan, CT, we were middle class. It was a time when we wore tube socks and velour sweatpants. My parents were...
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