• To Clap Back? Or Not To Clap Back? A Victory Story.

    Oooweee, we’re about to ruffle some feathers today. I’m realizing that the more …

  • The 5 Love Languages of Corporate

    Someone recently told me they have low EQ. This was disappointing, to say the least, …

  • You Might Be a Bad Listener If… 5 Signs to Look Out For …

    It’s obnoxious when you’re out on a date and the other person—aside …

  • Sales, Leadership, and the Brutal Truths That Actually Make You Better

    Anytime you ask someone — a customer, investor, future business partner — for their precious time or …

  • I’m Thinking About Quitting My Job: Finding My Way Home

    My first book was written in second grade, Bonnie and Mimi Meet Teddy. I had …

  • Didn’t know anyone, yet everyone was fam: My AfroTech Takeaways

    Didn’t know anyone, yet everyone was …

    AfroTech Conference 2024 wasn’t just another tech conference—it was the tech conference. Sure, it had the usual suspects: brilliant main-stagers, knowledge-dropping chiefs, cutting-edge panels in ice-cold theaters. Sessions covering all the hot topics like spatial audio, AI, cybersecurity, and climate…

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    Turning ‘Unqualified’ Into an Offer

    Turning ‘Unqualified’ Into an Offer

    Have you ever been told you didn’t qualify for a job you knew you could do, but couldn’t quite prove it “on paper”? I have! Want to see how I landed a job offer anyway? Now, fair warning: this isn’t a…

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    How I lost it all…or did I? My Unplanned Glow-Up

    How I lost it all…or did …

    In one week, I lost my job, my mom, and my man. To make this pity party really on and poppin’, three months earlier, only days before my birthday, let’s just say my cat and I went to the cat…

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    Context, Big-Picture Perspective, and Agape

    Context, Big-Picture Perspective, and Agape

    Once I dated a man whom I thought I would marry and build a family with—something I hadn’t desired until him—but we broke up. Even though we made this decision together during a loving, respectful conversation, we felt deeply perplexed…

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    Why Do Titles Trump the Need to Learn?

    Why Do Titles Trump the Need to …

    Heyo Managers, Leads, Supervisors, and the like! Ever notice how, at this level, there’s a constant push for you to attend training sessions and management-level meetings to stay updated on every new policy, tool, and team issue? But then, when…

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