🧵 👀 Malcolm Gladwell talkin bout people need to come into the office in order to regain a “sense of belonging” and to feel part of something larger than themselves. 🤦🏾‍♀️. Oh Lawd! Let me tell you why he’s wrong and how to fix it (Jesus)! nypost-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/nypost.com… 1/20 I usually like what Malcolm Gladwell has to say but he is so far off on his comments about going into the office to feel like you are apart of something. I worked remotely before the pandemic and I must say everyone being remote makes it easier for anyone to do it. 2/20

The following realization is absolutely too real to keep inside. As a woman of African descent in Silicon Valley’s tech ecosystem researchers have found my story particularly research worthy. They want to know how I survived and thrived. Here’s the truth... Growing up in poverty I experienced extreme levels of trauma, that I learned to cope with through something I consider to be a form of spiritual and mental projection. This practice allows me to redirect energy and consciousness that would experience pain to growth areas instead.