Happy Mother’s Day!

In the spirit of Mother's Day, I wanted to dedicate this week's newsletter to my mom, Emily Williams.  I've been fortunate enough to meet a lot of incredible people—especially women!— throughout my life, but my mother was one of a kind, and she had a profound and lasting impact on me.

She was the bravest, most resilient woman I've ever known, and even though she passed some time ago, I miss her every day.  She was my best friend.

Here are 15 of the many lessons I learned from my mother that have stayed with me to this day.