Natalie Audelo
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yes person for all things community, connection, & storytelling
Natalie Audelo
One of the things that surprised me the most was to see that for any piece of work being shared, designers would put together a keynote deck for it. It could be the smallest thing, like a quick look at the latest work progression, or big presentations, of course. At Apple, designers use the power of storytelling to influence others, instead of just
... See moreAndrea Pacheco • What I Learned as a Product Designer at Apple
Alchemize the pickle. You will be relentlessly confronted with conundrums, situations, pickles, and dumpster fires for which you do not yet have the knowledge or skill set because you have not had to navigate it before.4 Take a moment to reflect on why, check whether your privilege has anything to do with it, then send a sweet, loving, and forgivin... See more
Izabella Zucker • Call me a homebody.
If you’re actually serious about treating burnout — yours, your partners, your future children’s — you have to be serious about treating it for people you might not even know. If you want to actually make life better, more livable, less of a slog for yourself, that involves making it better for a whole lot of other people as well. For that, you don... See more
Anne Helen Petersen • what great inconvenience
It is actually an extraordinarily powerful skill to ask the “stupid” questions that
everyone else is afraid to ask. Stupid questions have the ability to create clarity in places where people didn’t even know there was confusion.
Molly Graham • “Black Hole Words” and the power of asking stupid questions
growing around the grief
Anne Helen Petersen • The Glorious Return of ADVICE TIME
Allowances — for grief, for pain, for childbirth, for illness — have been so hard to come by, I think, because we discount the body. Worse, we hold it in contempt compared to the mind, a proxy for religious spirit, so that the reality and risk of cruelty and brutalization are minimized and ignored.
The Resilience Myth
We’re all familiar with the question every college graduate hears on repeat as soon as they’re finished with school: “What do you plan to do next?” That question invariably means, “What are your job prospects?” Meanwhile, the admonition to “get a job!” is synonymous with “grow up!”
What a soulless way to conceive of existence. What a dull invitation... See more
What a soulless way to conceive of existence. What a dull invitation... See more
Satya Doyle Byock • Yes, Mental Health in Your 20s is About More Than Having a Job
