Can your playlist and internal scripts hold up for a root canal?
In the middle of a series of dental implosions, that was the question echoing in my head this week as I landed in the chair of doom.
๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ workplace ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ฅ?
Conflict doesn't shake me. And at first, I couldn't figure out why.
Most everyone supports affordable housing. ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ค.
Someone just shared how my TEDx Talk impacted her.
A 14-story building was going up in her backyard. The developer was zoning a portion of it for affordable housing.
When I first adopted my daughter - who came from a background of neglect - ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ.
Would she think I wasnโt coming back?
Would this feel like abandonment all over again?
๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ง + ๐
๐๐ง๐ฐ๐๐ฒ + ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฒ
This week, I had the chance to join the Yardi team and several housing authority leaders in Boston to dive into a critical conversation: how AI is reshaping workflows and service delivery in the housing space.
frame it?
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ.
After years of leading teams, Iโve learned that success isnโt just about skills and metrics; itโs about people you genuinely enjoy working and laughing with.
matters as much as the how, what, and why.
๐๐ข๐ง๐ค๐๐๐๐ง: ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ข๐ญ, ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ญ, ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ?
If youโve been watching from the sidelines, waiting for the right moment โฆ heads up: there is no perfect moment.
I say, โ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ.โ
๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐๐ค ๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.
Signs youโve got a great team: they know your snack order ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ your work style.
๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ง๐ค๐๐๐๐ง.
Then came a nudge from Eric Wolking who said: โYou should get out there.โ I had maybe 200 followers, barely any engagement, and more hesitation than confidence.
