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Lead with your strengths
Always say thank you
Be a giver (not a taker)
Spend time alone
Thinking is work
Create with others
Fail with others
Care, a lot
Be bold; take risks
Filter feedback
Find your community
Have fun
Let vision & purpose decide
Lessons from Product. And Life.
"Ask Gib" question: "What's your deepest insight about teamwork?", by @gibsonbiddle askgib.substack.com/p/whats-…
Who needs ancestry.com when the side effect of funerals is discovering with just as much surprise the family relations and history you never knew you had.
I can only stand still like a deer in headlights while listening to even the simplest of Spanish greetings. So there’s that. 🙃
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Something about losing a loved one puts things in perspective. It’s happened several times to me in the past few years. I’m starting to see the correlation between loss I’ve experienced and my paradoxically upbeat disposition when it comes to work: nothing is ever that deep.
My mother recently passed away. I’ve kept on working, and trying to breathe in between the moments I forget my world is literally upside down. I’ve never experienced grief like this. But then folks ask me why I haven’t take time off, and I wonder/worry if I’m doing it wrong.
Yup. You can be all the way real with your team, your manager, your colleagues, anyone - when they know that you genuinely care about them.
“It’s a waste of energy to think about what somebody else is doing and how they doing it. I’ma just do what I do.” - DMX
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📖 “#Design #Books by Womxn & People of Color” buff.ly/3azhehr researched, saved and shared by Yuan Wang (@TheYuanStudio)
#Humanity #Community #Culture #Society #Business #Design #Tech #World
Via @IAmSAIA
cc: @Literation
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One way VCs can help founders to be authentic, empathic & vulnerable leaders is to be authentic, empathic & vulnerable board members.
And listen to women.
And listen to men who support women.
And support women of color, specifically...
... cause women have issues, too.
... so remembering that we're not all the same - like all users aren't the same - is how we design more inclusive workplaces <3
#WomensDay
Why aren't there more women in tech?
Why aren't there more women leaders?
Stop asking why. Fix it by:
Hiring more women.
Promoting more women.
#InternationalWomensDay
Love this post from @thoughtbot about their learnings about unconscious bias training for tech teams. I'm generally anti- one-time trainings, but the insights they've gathered here can lead to useful adjustments that make them more effective. thoughtbot.com/blog/process-…
How did I miss this? So much love right back at you @DEVINENASH <3
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"I didn't come here to play." - @IAmSAIA
Watch back this must-not-miss fireside chat with Spectra Asala, GM and VP of Product at @wistia: bit.ly/SpectraChat
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Vulnerability is not the opposite of resilience. Vulnerability builds resilience.
Projecting perfection protects your ego but shuts people out and stunts your growth.
Revealing struggles shows humility and humanity, opening the door to new sources of support and strength.