About Barefaced Living

I am a former global president at the Estée Lauder Companies. When I retired, I promised myself that I would slow down, read more, relax more, maybe even write about my life. I did. I also did a deep reflection on my life so far. It was in that replay that I discovered a lot about myself and my journey. Perhaps some of those discoveries can be insightful or helpful to you. 

“Say what you think” has been a lifelong trademark for me. That quote, spoken by me during an interview, appeared on an industry magazine cover at the peak of my career.

The Barefaced Living lifestyle I have adopted, named, and will write about in this column has little to do with the candor or honesty with which I have interacted with the world.

Barefaced Living has everything to do with how I interact with myself. It is about the way I monitor, edit, and judge my own speech, feelings, and actions. 

In Barefaced Living, your inside matches your outside.

Somewhere I read that the 18-inch journey from head to heart is the longest distance most of us travel, but once the journey is mapped and complete, we discover our true selves. From there, an invisible thread, perhaps the soul, forever connects the two. They dance seamlessly together to most any song.

On Substack, I’ll be publishing a monthly column about my own Barefaced Living discoveries, on themes that include mentorship, love, celebration, and of course, new beginnings.