🧭 From Jackye
Carry Your Purpose, Not Their Panic

You can do the work right.
You can build the systems.
You can lead with heart and strategy and receipts.
And still watch the role disappear. Quietly. Without explanation.

If you’ve been there—if you’re there now—you’re not imagining it. You’re just paying attention.

Maybe the job changed.
Maybe the priorities shifted.
Maybe someone you trusted stopped showing up.
Maybe you heard “we’re just moving in a different direction” and felt every word hit like a whisper with weight.

I remember sitting on teh floor in my office. All my friends came over. I was just thinking
“How do you give everything to something and still end up invisible?”

I had just led an initiative I was proud of. We had metrics. We had movement. We had impact.
But that didn’t protect the work. And it definitely didn’t protect me.
I didn’t cry right away. I went home and made dinner like nothing happened.
But the ache? It lingered.
It still does, some days.

But I’m still here.
Still waking up with ideas.
Still thinking about how to make the world of work better.
Still building. Even when no one’s clapping.

That’s what this space is for.

This is for the ones who know what it feels like to leave a meeting with a smile and a lump in their throat.
The ones who stop mid-email and think, Why am I the only one asking this question out loud?
The ones who know how to be strategic and still feel everything.

We don’t wait for a title to tell us we’re leaders.
We don’t carry fear that isn’t ours.
We build with purpose.
We lead from clarity.
And we move anyway.

This isn’t a comeback. It’s a recalibration.
This is where we begin again. Not from scratch—but from experience.

Welcome to Momentum Monday. Let’s go.

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Fortune’s calling it: CEOs are slashing red tape, ditching bloated org charts, and choosing clarity over chaos.
It’s not minimalism—it’s momentum. And it’s how leaders are weathering burnout, bureaucracy, and budget cuts all at once.

So here’s what you can do this week:

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