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Tony cancelled twice. Said work was busy. Days later, he was gone 😢 That friend who cancels plans? Check in on them. The one whose messages seem just slightly off? Ask how they're really doing. The person who says they're too busy? They might need you most. Robin Williams said it best: "People don't fake depre…

You can be brilliant at what you do and still have more to learn. In fact, that might be what makes you brilliant. I watched this clip of conductor Benjamin Zander working with a young cellist. The musician is already exceptionally talented. Most of us would listen and think: perfect. Zander hears something else…

Wildlife crews have a rule: don't intervene. When penguins got trapped in a ravine, slowly dying, the BBC crew said screw the rule. They saved lives. Nobody questioned their humanity. So why do you treat workplace destruction like a nature documentary? Watching. Recording. Staying silent. While someone gets ps…

Tony cancelled twice. Said work was busy. Days later, he was gone 😢 That friend who cancels plans? Check in on them. The one whose messages seem just slightly off? Ask how they're really doing. The person who says they're too busy? They might need you most. Robin Williams said it best: "People don't fake depre…

I gave someone full control of a project once. No check-ins. No approvals. No safety net. My boss pulled me aside and said I was crazy. That person delivered the best work of their career. Trust isn't a risk. Control is. Think about the last time you felt truly trusted at work. No one checking in every hour. N…

"Stop being so sensitive!" "Can't you take a joke?" "You're imagining things." Ah yes, the classic gaslighting playbook of workplace bullies who are too cowardly to admit what they really are. Let's get brutally honest about what workplace bullying ACTUALLY looks like in 2025: ↳ Freezing you out of meetings ↳ Lau…