I used to try to network like a man. Firm handshake. Business card jab. Talk about the bottom line. I hated every second of it. Now? I network over coffee. I ask about your kids. I bring cookies. And guess who gets invited to the table? The woman with the cookies.
Wanting is easy. Wanting lets you stay where you are while romanticising where you could be. Deciding, on the other hand, is inconvenient. It asks you questions you can’t ignore. Where is this going? Is this working? Am I just busy, or am I actually moving forward?
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…
No one really warned me that finding purpose in your career can feel a lot like being blindfolded in a maze… while juggling.
