For many years, I kept my connection to 9/11 private. Partly out of deference. Partly because I didn’t know what to say. And partly because I was still trying to bridge a quiet gap of learning how to carry the largest personal loss of my life when it also happened to belong to the entire world. Then last year, I decided to open the door. I shared on Shark Tank how losing my dad at 10 years old inspired a way for parents and grandparents to record their voices and memories, so their families would always have them.  When I shared that connection, the flood of messages I received changed something in me. It turns out, when you step into the light with your story, you give other people permission to make sense of theirs. A quarter century later, I've stopped trying to find the "right" words and just wrote the true ones. And as the 9/11 25th anniversary approaches this week, I'm grateful to The New York Times for giving me the platform to share them. nytimes.com/2026/09/09/opini…

Everyone should do this: Record a video interview with your parents. Ask questions about their childhood, adventures, failures, hopes, dreams, and fears. Our time with them is finite, but we fail to recognize it until it's too late. The recordings will last forever.

A new generation of wealthy retirees is commissioning their own memoirs. They’re not trying to reach the bestseller list. Many of them just want the kids to know how hard they had it. on.wsj.com/3UxjE8h

Life Hack: Record a video interview with your parents. Ask questions about their childhood, adventures, hopes, dreams, and fears. Our time with them is finite, but we fail to recognize it until it's too late. The recordings will last forever. Everyone should do this.