Laura Mayer

I am HAPPILY MARRIED

This is a ME problem.

When someone says “I’m a visual learner,” I truly can’t understand.

I’d prefer even IKEA instructions to be a series of convoluted but meaningful metaphors about the nature and use of the L-shaped wrench. 20k words on the building of a bench would get me there faster than these drawings.

Hi, I’m your work manager throwing a meeting with no subject on your calendar.

I wanna be a set designer just so I can determine what the contents of women’s purses are when they dump them out on the floor in movies.

podcast executive Laura Mayer’s irreverent business memoir, Shameless Acquisition Target, based on the critically-acclaimed 2022 podcast of the same name, which aims to be the inspirational read for all those who’ve tried inspirational business books and found them missing THE key ingredient -- truth from someone still looking for it -- with bright ideas on ego, career, identity, try-hards, and the Great American hamster wheel, including takeaways from “visiting lecturers” with boldfaced names you’ll have heard of, to Elizabeth Mitchell at Harper One, by Danielle Svetcov at Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary (World).

In ASTONISHING news: I’m writing a book! Shameless Acquisition Target, the ridiculous podcast that could.

Ghost plume of smoke

Ghost plume of smoke

You’re leaving out that they’re your kombucha vessels and they make me wanna die.

As someone whose baby and career have been brought up in this thread, may I suggest a chill down period please?

Is a male seamstress called a seamster?

Hand foot AND mouth? In this economy?

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Still refreshing my profile after all these years, I see.

Whenever I sit down at my laptop to write I’m like Glenn Gould at the keys: occasionally explosive, sometimes plodding, always muttering to myself.