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The lie of the clean slate

The lie of the clean slate

If you're carrying baggage into 2026, it's not too late to put it down

Jen Phillips
Jen Phillips
The Gift Money Can't Buy

The Gift Money Can't Buy

No exaggeration: It's rare. It's magical. And it will change your life.

Jen Phillips
Jen Phillips
Muscle Memory is Sabotaging Your Success

Muscle Memory is Sabotaging Your Success

Even the most brilliant among us accidentally build the very chaos we're trying to escape

Jen Phillips
Jen Phillips
Who are you, really?

Who are you, really?

finding clarity when the wrapper of job | level | company slips

Jen Phillips
Jen Phillips
The workplace is broken

The workplace is broken

Let's blame the women, shall we?

Jen Phillips
Jen Phillips
Treasure the Ordinary

Treasure the Ordinary

Because the un-ordinary is exhausting this week.

Jen Phillips
Jen Phillips
When You're on the Bridge to Everywhere

When You're on the Bridge to Everywhere

the options are endless. your energy, though? not so much.

Jen Phillips
Jen Phillips
I don't know what I want...but I know it's not this.

I don't know what I want...but I know it's not this.

And the note that changed my definition of success

Jen Phillips
Jen Phillips
Leadership on the Slippery Slope

Leadership on the Slippery Slope

It started small. Then we outsourced empathy.

Jen Phillips
Jen Phillips
Prime Example: Work is Not Your Family

Prime Example: Work is Not Your Family

When loyalty is a one-way street, it's time to reconsider what's next.

Jen Phillips
Jen Phillips
Warren Buffett is right again

Warren Buffett is right again

Really successful people say no to almost everything. How to find your NO-pportunities.

Jen Phillips
Jen Phillips
The Certainty of UncertaintyThe Certainty of Uncertainty
How to decide when everything feels unfigureoutable

How to decide when everything feels unfigureoutable

Deer, meet headlights. Here's your way out.

Jen Phillips
Jen Phillips
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