Workplace cynicism doesn’t show up with flashing red lights; it creeps in quietly, disguised as sarcasm, disguised as “keeping it real,” until one day you realize it’s not just tainting your view of leadership… it’s sabotaging your own personal and professional growth. My story… It was just another Monday morning, until it wasn’t. A company-wide…
Most of us have been taught to chase productivity like a badge of honor – to check tasks off our to-do lists, clock long hours, and fill every moment with activity. But in The Personal MBA, Josh Kaufman makes a powerful distinction: being productive is not the same as being effective. And even more importantly – efficiency can be a trap.
Why ‘Straw’ Hits Harder Than Expected Tyler Perry’s latest Netflix release, Straw, is more than just another movie on the streaming queue—it’s a conversation, a cultural moment, and for many, a cinematic gut punch. Whether you love it, hate it, or find yourself somewhere in between, one thing’s for sure: Straw is impossible to ignore….
After spending 12 years away from long-form fiction writing Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie published Dream Count earlier this year which follows four Nigerian women who traverse love relationships ambition and identity across different continents. The book uses the 2020 pandemic setting to study the intricate aspects of being a woman and how relationships function between women while they search for life purpose.
No one really warned me that finding purpose in your career can feel a lot like being blindfolded in a maze… while juggling.
if my skin could talk, it would probably file a formal complaint against me for the trauma I caused it with my past skin care routines..
We need to get our ducks in a row! Here’s a tongue-in-cheek guide to knowing when a sista should quickly put on her running shoes from red flags and the green flags that tell you he might even be one of the good ones!
We enjoyed a nice family dinner and then the other night we decided to get out the Scrabble board for some old-school entertainment. As we lined up our tiles and got into the game, I realized that I was concentrating harder than I had in a long time, trying to make the highest-scoring words. At first, it was all shits and giggles, but then one of those Divinely micro-sized but absolutely profound revelations hit me.
If you had told me a few years ago (if we’re being entirely honest, even a few weeks ago..lol) that pain has a purpose, I would have nodded politely, but deep down, I wouldn’t have believed you. I would have thought it was just one of those things we church people say to make a dark situation seem a little less dark.
I don’t know how other people do it. I really don’t. There are people who respond to every message instantly—like, do they have a PA for their WhatsApp? A dedicated message-responding intern? How do they balance work, relationships, self-care, eating, breathing, and still reply to texts within 0.3 seconds?
