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📢 It’s Friday. If you’re running on iced coffee and executive dysfunction, you’re not alone.
This morning I went straight to Dunkin’ for a Iced Latte and Blueberry Donut holes. ‘You’re in a zone early!’ she said. You see Melissa knows that I only go to Duknin if I am traveling and I am really excited about speaking at a conference, I am in a deep work hole and need a little refreshment or I am in Boston.
I am so excited about what I am about to do. Next week I have a webinar with HR.com but I am also working on my first LinkedIn Learning course. Stay tuned because I will be sharing all the behind the scenes!
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My husband wants me to let you know we started a poop scoop business. We are going to the convention in May. (stay tuned for ALLLLL of that.)
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✅ PeoplePuzzles To-Do List: Weekend Recharge Edition
🔲 Wrap the week, don’t drag it. Make a 3-item “done list.” No shame. Just clarity.
🔲 Decide on one thing that’s truly important this weekend. You don’t need 10.
🔲 Unsubscribe from one thing that drains you. A newsletter. A meeting. A person.
📊 This Week in Shambles: Work + Culture News
💼 The Great AI Panic Is Back. Google just rolled out AI-overview in search—cue the marketers losing their minds. But do people trust AI to give career advice? Still nope.
🧠 New Report Says Over 60% of Employees Feel “Disconnected” from Their Company’s Mission. Wonder why turnover’s spicy?
📉 Unemployment Creeping Up for Gen Z. Especially for Black and Latine job seekers in retail and logistics. Flexibility still matters—but equity is getting cut first.
💭 Got takes? Hit reply. I do read them.
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🔮 The Uncertainty Era: You Don’t Have to Monetize It
This week’s uncertainty is all about value vs. validation. Not everything needs to become a business. Not every skill has to scale. And you don’t need to make a course about your trauma to prove it was “productive.”
✨ Your life is allowed to be meaningful without being monetized.
Let yourself explore something just because. That’s not wasting time. That’s being human.
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🔎 Chaos Theory: The Deep Dive
📌 “Being Busy Is Not a Personality”
Listen—being chronically maxed out isn’t proof you’re important. It’s proof you might be avoiding something.
This weekend, try this:
✅ Audit your yeses. What did you agree to out of fear—not alignment?
✅ Say no without a 4-paragraph explanation. You’re not a PowerPoint deck.
✅ Schedule your rest like your rent depends on it. Because your energy is your currency.
⚡ TL;DR: Protect your bandwidth like it’s your actual job.
🔄 Ctrl+Z: Your Quick Fix for the Week
⏱️ Been stuck on a “tiny” task for days?
Set a 12-minute timer. That’s it. Just 12. Do one ugly pass. Momentum over perfection, every time.
🎙️ COMMERCIAL BREAK: WHO EVEN IS JACKYE CLAYTON?
I’m not your typical HR strategist—and I’m definitely not here to play small.
I help HR tech companies build trust, not just pipelines.
I help recruiters and execs cut through the noise with real clarity.
And I help high-achievers (especially the neurospicy ones) design lives they actually want to live.
Former VP. Current builder. Always human.
Through PeoplePuzzles™, I work with founders and teams who are ready to:
✅ Validate their AI claims (no hype allowed)
✅ Refine their GTM messaging to speak human, not jargon
✅ Connect with talent teams through trust, not tricks
✅ Get real about what it takes to lead in this moment
If you’ve got a product, a pivot, or a big-ass problem to solve—I’m your clarity dealer.
📩 Want me on your team? Hit me here: Clarity Call
🧩 The Missing Piece (Random but Worth It)
📣 Did I tell you I was on “The Amazing Race?”
🎧 Podcast Rec: “Leading with Empathy” – a candid talk on trauma, power, and healing at work.
📖 Read this: “You’re Not Lazy, You’re Overstimulated” – and it’s keeping you in survival mode.
📖 Word to Your Motherboard (Word of the Day)
📝 Word: “Productivity Shame Spiral”
🔍 Definition: The loop where not getting things done leads to panic… which makes it harder to get things done.
📌 In a sentence: “I had 37 tabs open and still couldn’t move. Classic productivity shame spiral.”
😵 Someone who pretends to “catch up on work” but just scrolls on their phone.
😂 That friend who schedules Monday meetings like we don’t all need a warm-up lap.
⏳ Anyone who deserves a weekend without work guilt.