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Freelance content marketing + social strategy. Recovering Social Media Manager. But let's not make this about me. Hi. You look nice today.

Austin, Texas
Joined October 2009
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The vibe over on Threads is very “forced corporate fun”
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Is there any field in America that *doesn’t* celebrate overwork? Definitely want to pick up this book!
I just devoured All the Gold Stars by @Rainesford. It's a great synthesis of social science research on ambition and striving. I recommend the whole book, but 3 points especially resonated: 🧵
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Borrowing a question from a networking event I attended Monday: What book has been formative for you? (The event was at Vintage Books & Wine so it was a perfect question, imo)
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“We are born with only two fears: fear of loud noises and fear of falling.” #InnoTechATX #WomenInTech
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Love that the questions for this improv exercise, at a security conference, are basically password security questions I am using this at the happy hour later and stealing so many identities
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My commentary on this remote work panel is that successfully working remotely involves *an entirely different skillset* than working in person. You have to invest in your employees and set them up for success. You can’t just copy/paste what you did in office
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Need me down at the Pepperoni Hug Spot for an uncanny time!!
AI Generated Pizza Commercial Tools used: - Script: GPT4 - Images: Midjourney - Video Clips: Runway Gen2 - VO: Eleven Labs - Music: SOUNDRAW AI Music - Graphics and editing: Adobe After Effects pepperonihugspot.pizza/
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As two of the leading researchers on the topic wrote, “Burnout is not a problem of the people themselves but of the social environment in which people work.” bakadesuyo.com/2023/04/burno…
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“A layoff can be an opportunity to practice kindness to you and yours. Breathe. It is good to be alive, to love, and to dream. Take a moment to enjoy all the good stuff. . .Work is not life.”
I wrote about layoffs because I am an expert johndevore.medium.com/here-a…
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