ALT Two side-by-side illustrations, the first is titled, "How we think life works," and shows a ladder going from "Start" to "Finish." The second is titled, "How it actually works," and shows a big chutes and ladders board, which ladders going up from "Start" but then slides going down until finally at some point you reach "Finish."

ALT Illustration of a Bingo board for virtual meetings. Includes, "Can you see my screen," "Going forward," late start, video freezing, pet appears, "Bandwidth," someone forgets to mute, complete zone out, rambling, ends early, "Circle back," unaddressed tension, doorbell rings, coworker arrives late, someone forgets to unmute, comment disguised as question, "Can you hear me?," coworker trying not to laugh, female interrupted, clear next steps, "To play devil's advocate," no decision maker, meeting should have been an email, "Let's take this offline."