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Harvard Business Review revealed what drives promotions
It's *not* just about who you know.
It's about ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ.
Public speaking builds that visibility fast.
9 tactics to own any room:
< WHAT YOU SAY >
1. ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ 3
Our brains love triads.
Problem, solution, result.
Setup, conflict, resolution.
Three points stick.
2. ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ก*๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ
Drop something unexpected early.
"We almost lost our biggest client.
Here's what saved us."
Now they're listening.
3. ๐๐ก๐ 2-๐๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ
Start with something personal.
That project that went sideways.
The lesson that changed everything.
Stories beat slides every time.
4. ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ค
End where you began.
Circle back to your opening.
Creates satisfying closure.
People remember the loop.
5. ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐
After your biggest point?
Stop. Count to three.
Let it land.
Silence creates power.
< HOW YOU SAY IT >
6. ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ ๐๐๐ญ
Shoulder-width. Balanced.
No swaying. No shifting.
Stillness projects confidence
when your mind races.
7. ๐๐ก๐ 5-5-5 ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐
Lock eyes with 5 people.
Hold for 5 seconds each.
In your first 5 minutes.
You're conversing, not presenting.
8. ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐
Don't stare at the back wall.
Sweep the room systematically.
Left to right. Back again.
Everyone feels included.
9. ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฌ
Open hands when explaining.
Hidden hands trigger distrust.
Biology is weird like that.
Doing great work isn't enough.
Recognition requires visibility.
Next opportunity to speak?
Raise your hand. Your career will thank you.
It's about ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ.
Public speaking builds that visibility fast.
9 tactics to own any room:
< WHAT YOU SAY >
1. ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ 3
Our brains love triads.
Problem, solution, result.
Setup, conflict, resolution.
Three points stick.
2. ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ก*๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ
Drop something unexpected early.
"We almost lost our biggest client.
Here's what saved us."
Now they're listening.
3. ๐๐ก๐ 2-๐๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ
Start with something personal.
That project that went sideways.
The lesson that changed everything.
Stories beat slides every time.
4. ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ค
End where you began.
Circle back to your opening.
Creates satisfying closure.
People remember the loop.
5. ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐
After your biggest point?
Stop. Count to three.
Let it land.
Silence creates power.
< HOW YOU SAY IT >
6. ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ ๐๐๐ญ
Shoulder-width. Balanced.
No swaying. No shifting.
Stillness projects confidence
when your mind races.
7. ๐๐ก๐ 5-5-5 ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐
Lock eyes with 5 people.
Hold for 5 seconds each.
In your first 5 minutes.
You're conversing, not presenting.
8. ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐
Don't stare at the back wall.
Sweep the room systematically.
Left to right. Back again.
Everyone feels included.
9. ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฌ
Open hands when explaining.
Hidden hands trigger distrust.
Biology is weird like that.
Doing great work isn't enough.
Recognition requires visibility.
Next opportunity to speak?
Raise your hand. Your career will thank you.
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wise career advice
Some bits of wisdom on career navigation from a former Google Director who is now the CFO of a public company:
(a) "Try to keep your options open for a reasonable amount of time. If possible, through your 30's."
(b) "Make sure to have a diversity of experiences. Have the courage to do a variety of different things, even if you feel that some of those experiences are 'beneath you.'...If you want to be a senior leader in any function, you have to have a variety of experiences."
(c) On taking a new job: "Remember the Warren Buffett quote: 'Give me a choice between a great management team or a great industry and I'll pick a great industry every time.'...You want to be really comfortable with the industry you might join and not solely focused on the team that you might work with."
(d) On advice he would give his 22-year-old self: "Go faster and have even more diversity of experiences."
What advice would you give to someone in the first half of their career?
(a) "Try to keep your options open for a reasonable amount of time. If possible, through your 30's."
(b) "Make sure to have a diversity of experiences. Have the courage to do a variety of different things, even if you feel that some of those experiences are 'beneath you.'...If you want to be a senior leader in any function, you have to have a variety of experiences."
(c) On taking a new job: "Remember the Warren Buffett quote: 'Give me a choice between a great management team or a great industry and I'll pick a great industry every time.'...You want to be really comfortable with the industry you might join and not solely focused on the team that you might work with."
(d) On advice he would give his 22-year-old self: "Go faster and have even more diversity of experiences."
What advice would you give to someone in the first half of their career?
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Powerful. Must read. Must.
My daughter came home from school and said,
โMom, youโre not going to believe what happened in history class today.โ
Her teacher told the class they were going to play a game.
He walked around the room and whispered to each kid whether they were a witch or just a regular person. Then he gave the instructions:
โForm the biggest group you can without a witch. If your group has even one, you all fail.โ
She said the whole room instantly lit up with suspicion.
Everyone started interrogating each other. Are you a witch? How do we know youโre not lying?
Some kids clung to one big group, but most broke off into smaller, exclusive cliques. They turned away anyone who seemed uncertain, nervous, or gave off even the slightest hint of being guilty.
The energy shifted fast. Suddenly everyone was suspicious of everyone.
Whispers. Finger-pointing. Side-eyes. Trust dissolved in minutes.
Finally, when all the groups were formed, the teacher said,
โAlright, time to find out who fails. Witches, raise your hands.โ
And not one hand went up.
The whole class exploded. โWait! You messed up the game!โ
And then the teacher dropped the bomb:
โDid I? Were there any actual witches in Salem, or did everyone just believe what they were told?โ
My daughter said the room went dead silent.
Thatโs when it hit them. No witch was ever needed for the damage to happen. Fear had already done its work. Suspicion alone divided the entire class, turning community into chaos.
And isnโt that exactly what weโre seeing today?
Different words, same playbook.
Instead of โwitch,โ itโs liberal, conservative, vaxxed, unvaxxed, pro-this, anti-that.
The labels shift, but the tactic is the same.
Get people scared. Get them suspicious. Get them divided.
Then sit back while trust crumbles.
The danger was never the witch.
The danger is the rumor. The suspicion. The fear. The planted lies.
Refuse the whisper. Donโt play the game.
Because the second we start hunting โwitches,โ weโve already lost.
โThe Purpose of Propaganda is to make one set of people forget that other sets of people are humanโ. - Aldous Huxley
โ
Recognise when youโre being manipulated by fear.
โก๏ธ Refuse to buy into suspicion and division.
โก๏ธ See each other as humans first.
โก๏ธ Play a peaceful role instead of feeding division.
๐ What peaceful part can you play?
โ-
This post was shared by Melissa Leblanc
โMom, youโre not going to believe what happened in history class today.โ
Her teacher told the class they were going to play a game.
He walked around the room and whispered to each kid whether they were a witch or just a regular person. Then he gave the instructions:
โForm the biggest group you can without a witch. If your group has even one, you all fail.โ
She said the whole room instantly lit up with suspicion.
Everyone started interrogating each other. Are you a witch? How do we know youโre not lying?
Some kids clung to one big group, but most broke off into smaller, exclusive cliques. They turned away anyone who seemed uncertain, nervous, or gave off even the slightest hint of being guilty.
The energy shifted fast. Suddenly everyone was suspicious of everyone.
Whispers. Finger-pointing. Side-eyes. Trust dissolved in minutes.
Finally, when all the groups were formed, the teacher said,
โAlright, time to find out who fails. Witches, raise your hands.โ
And not one hand went up.
The whole class exploded. โWait! You messed up the game!โ
And then the teacher dropped the bomb:
โDid I? Were there any actual witches in Salem, or did everyone just believe what they were told?โ
My daughter said the room went dead silent.
Thatโs when it hit them. No witch was ever needed for the damage to happen. Fear had already done its work. Suspicion alone divided the entire class, turning community into chaos.
And isnโt that exactly what weโre seeing today?
Different words, same playbook.
Instead of โwitch,โ itโs liberal, conservative, vaxxed, unvaxxed, pro-this, anti-that.
The labels shift, but the tactic is the same.
Get people scared. Get them suspicious. Get them divided.
Then sit back while trust crumbles.
The danger was never the witch.
The danger is the rumor. The suspicion. The fear. The planted lies.
Refuse the whisper. Donโt play the game.
Because the second we start hunting โwitches,โ weโve already lost.
โThe Purpose of Propaganda is to make one set of people forget that other sets of people are humanโ. - Aldous Huxley
โ
Recognise when youโre being manipulated by fear.
โก๏ธ Refuse to buy into suspicion and division.
โก๏ธ See each other as humans first.
โก๏ธ Play a peaceful role instead of feeding division.
๐ What peaceful part can you play?
โ-
This post was shared by Melissa Leblanc
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This is what men see when in love
100% true
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What a contribution to society she made with her designs and ideas!
"She wasnโt a programmer. She wasnโt an engineer.
In 1982, Susan Kare walked into Apple as an artistโand ended up changing how the world uses computers.
At that time, computers were cold, intimidating machines. Black screens filled with green code. If you didnโt know commands, you were locked out. They were powerful, but not friendly.
Kareโs background was in fine arts and sculpture, not technology. Yet she saw something others didnโt: computers could be human, even welcoming. She believed people shouldnโt need a manual to understand a machine.
Her first designs were sketched on graph paper. Tiny squares filled with pencil became iconsโsymbols that spoke louder than words. A smiling Mac face that greeted you at startup. A trash can for deleting files. A paintbrush for creativity. These werenโt just drawingsโthey were a new visual language for technology.
She once said icons should work like road signsโsimple, universal, understood by anyone. That clarity gave people confidence. Suddenly, a computer wasnโt a wall of codeโit was approachable.
Her impact didnโt stop there. She created fonts tooโplayful, sleek, and memorable. The Chicago typeface she designed for the early Mac later found a second life on the very first iPods. Decades later, her fingerprints were still guiding how millions interacted with technology.
Kare would go on to work with Microsoft, Facebook, and Pinterest, but her Macintosh icons remain legendary. They proved that art and code werenโt oppositesโthey were partners.
Most of us click, tap, or swipe without thinking about the language behind it. But the reason your screen feels friendly instead of frightening is because one artist picked up a pencil in 1982.
Had you heard of Susan Kare before?
Do you think technology today still needs more of an artistโs touch?"
Source: The Untold Past on Facebook
In 1982, Susan Kare walked into Apple as an artistโand ended up changing how the world uses computers.
At that time, computers were cold, intimidating machines. Black screens filled with green code. If you didnโt know commands, you were locked out. They were powerful, but not friendly.
Kareโs background was in fine arts and sculpture, not technology. Yet she saw something others didnโt: computers could be human, even welcoming. She believed people shouldnโt need a manual to understand a machine.
Her first designs were sketched on graph paper. Tiny squares filled with pencil became iconsโsymbols that spoke louder than words. A smiling Mac face that greeted you at startup. A trash can for deleting files. A paintbrush for creativity. These werenโt just drawingsโthey were a new visual language for technology.
She once said icons should work like road signsโsimple, universal, understood by anyone. That clarity gave people confidence. Suddenly, a computer wasnโt a wall of codeโit was approachable.
Her impact didnโt stop there. She created fonts tooโplayful, sleek, and memorable. The Chicago typeface she designed for the early Mac later found a second life on the very first iPods. Decades later, her fingerprints were still guiding how millions interacted with technology.
Kare would go on to work with Microsoft, Facebook, and Pinterest, but her Macintosh icons remain legendary. They proved that art and code werenโt oppositesโthey were partners.
Most of us click, tap, or swipe without thinking about the language behind it. But the reason your screen feels friendly instead of frightening is because one artist picked up a pencil in 1982.
Had you heard of Susan Kare before?
Do you think technology today still needs more of an artistโs touch?"
Source: The Untold Past on Facebook
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non-obvious strategies that help candidates break through
๐น ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐. Referrals and warm connections make sure your resume gets seen.
๐น ๐๐ฌ๐ค ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐. Conversations often unlock opportunities you wouldnโt find otherwise.
๐น ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฌ. Shared experiences and passions create connection.
๐น ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ โ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ-๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐.โ Highlight the fit only you can fill. Show, donโt just tell.
๐น ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ซโ๐ฌ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฌ. Your job is to de-risk their decision and make choosing you easy.
๐น ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐. Show you are already invested in their product or success.
๐น ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ. Speak the language of the role and show clearly how you will add value.
๐น ๐๐ฌ๐ค ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐. Conversations often unlock opportunities you wouldnโt find otherwise.
๐น ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฌ. Shared experiences and passions create connection.
๐น ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ โ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ-๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐.โ Highlight the fit only you can fill. Show, donโt just tell.
๐น ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ซโ๐ฌ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฌ. Your job is to de-risk their decision and make choosing you easy.
๐น ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐. Show you are already invested in their product or success.
๐น ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ. Speak the language of the role and show clearly how you will add value.
express, not stress