Recruiting Advice From Katrina Kibben.

Managers are the only people on your team that can teach everyone that working hard in your 20s won’t earn you rest in your career.

I forgot to say something important in last week’s letter about layoffs and why the ending matters. I was reminded with a clang, smash, and a splash.

I was laid off when everything in my life was changing. I have a few layoff lessons I think everyone should know.

It’s a lot easier to plant seeds of doubt than to believe our work is worthy of the world. If you’re looking for a sign to hit send? This is it.

Giving grace means a lot more room for my own dreams. Room for letting go, too.

Growing up, I thought getting divorced was the scariest thing that would happen when I grew up. Boy was I wrong.

A reminder to remember self awareness for the moments where you simply did it better than you ever have before.

I’m famous to queer kids in Selma, NC. Not just because I’m queer, but because I’m proof that they can live out loud and be happy someday too

The best self-care advice I’ve ever gotten was to make this list. But it’s not the list you’re expecting full of resolutions and mandates. It’s about life’s most beautiful pleasures.

I’ve been on a journey to find home over this year and I’ve arrived only to realize it’s not a place but a feeling.

I recognize this role I play in friendships that fall short. It’s like a one man show where I play every part. It has to stop.

When I made the decision to stop fitting in, I found a life that actually felt worth living. It pays off more than you imagine.

In my Grandmother’s house, cooking wasn’t just about food on the table. It was about creating a recipe for love that would last long after she was alive.

The most important job titles of all aren’t the ones we’re assigned at work or printed on business cards.

Being scared has taken a lot from me but it won’t steal my kind eyes.

It’s easier to show grace for dogs.

We give all the credit to hard work for transformation when change is a consequence of the conditions we live through.

The ultimate cure for burnout might be some answer or some plan, but as a self-proclaimed expert in preparing for it all then watching it fall apart, I think the answer is less predictable.

My 17 year old self knew something more about road trips. Trusting the you that says yes, no, go left.

I’m just not a fan of the absolutes and acronyms in most of this category, so I wrote a leadership book I really love.

I like hiking, but I get lost. Even in the woods, it’s not all that different from when you feel lost in life.

As I think about ending van life, I’m realizing why I ended up here in the first place. I’m learning how to live calmly in the chaos.

Over time, I found myself simply feeling relieved when I had a big win. But life is pretty hard when you can’t celebrate your wins.

If hard work made you happy? If not being lazy earned rest? I would be one of the happiest, most well-rested people in the world. But that’s not the formula.

After rushing away from 3 campsites last week, what could I learn from all this smoke?