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Dear friend, I want to tell you a story about raspberries. One of my clients planted a raspberry cane last year. Just a stick in the dirt. No leaves. No roots to speak of. Nothing that promised it would thrive. She didn’t expect much and that was kind of the ✨magic✨ of it. The raspberry was planted out of curiosity more than a commitment. But by the end of the season, it had taken over her garden. Branches everywhere. Bright green leaves. Even a few small berries. It wasn’t supposed to grow...
Dear friend, I hope today brings with it chuckles and chortles. Laughter, essentially. May you find something that gives you the afternoon giggles and lets you take a break from the screen, to be like "damn. that was funny." I used to say this line all the time: "I help women in tech fall back in love with their careers." And for a while, it felt right. I said it on LinkedIn, intro calls, workshops. I said it everywhere. (kind of like a parrot 🦜) And it resonated at the time with what I was...
So, let me set the scene. I'm holding a paper plate with a bagel on it, standing in the bathroom. Two feet of space. Right next to the toilet. A flickering fluorescent light overhead. Why? Because I was trying to avoid the pre-meeting small talk. That awkward dance of people hovering by the cold brew, making chit-chat about their weekend plans. I didn't know anyone all that well. And I didn't want to pretend I did. So the better option? I stood in the bathroom. Waiting for the actual meeting...