Attention Is Your Currency: Position Yourself for the Right Opportunity A friend of mine was sending out 50+ job applications a week and hearing nothing back. Someone else I know sent two — and is already in two hiring processes. Same market. Same timing. Completely different results. The difference wasn't luck. It was positioning. Here's what that actually means.

If you've ever felt like a spectator in your own life, watching others get the recognition, the opportunities, the rooms you know you belong in, this one's for you. Your narrative has been running on someone else's script for too long. Here's how to take the pen back.

What a great message for today: Don't self-reject! ✨ We lowball ourselves on countless occasions by trying to do the thinking for others. What others think of you is none of your business. Your job is to show up and put your best foot forward! 💁🏾‍♀️ Editor's Note (2026): I originally shared this thought five years ago. Looking back, I realize it captured an idea that would later become a cornerstone of my work: we often become our own gatekeepers. Long before I had a name f