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5 Ways to Protect Your Peace Without Losing Your Paycheck
(And Why Fear Is the Real Reason You Haven't Done It Yet) By: Dr. Lisa Marie Lee Image created with Perplexity - Sonar 2 I'm going to say something that most people in your feed won't. You already know what your boundaries are. You already know which meetings drain you, which manager talks over you, and which projects ended up on your plate because nobody else wanted them and you were too afraid to say no. You know. This isn't about information. You have enough of that. This
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May 196 min read


What Michael Jackson Can Teach Us About Competence and Consent NOT to Overwork
Ok, let’s call a thing a thing. Right now, it feels like the internet belongs to Michael Jackson. Between the excitement around the biopic Michael, the dance reenactments flooding social media, and longtime fans revisiting the music, people are once again talking about what made Michael Jackson unforgettable: the level of excellence he brought to his craft. The precision. The discipline. The ability to make difficult things look effortless. And honestly? A lot of BIPOC profes
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May 192 min read


When Policy Undermines People: Why the DOE’s New Degree Classification Is a Direct Threat to Equity, Workforce Strength, and America’s Future
By: Dr. Lisa Marie Lee Photo by cottonbro studio from Pexels: The U.S. Department of Education’s new policy redefining what counts as a “professional degree” - set to take effect July 1, 2026 - has ignited a wave of concern, not because the change is technical, but because the impact is human . And human impact is where evaluation begins. When you strip away the political packaging, the new rule does something dangerously simple:It downgrades graduate programs dominated by
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Apr 203 min read
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