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LIFT NEWSLETTER
Your Inner Advantage in a Shifting World
The LIFT Newsletter is your Sunday reset, a short, powerful newsletter for professionals who want to grow with clarity, courage, and leadership from the inside out.
Whether you're leading a team, navigating career shifts, or reigniting your passion after burnout, this letter helps you stay grounded and in motion.
Each week, over 300 professionals receive thoughtful insights on how to:
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Rebuild after change or stagnation
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Break through self-doubt and imposter syndrome
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Show up confidently in your voice and leadership
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Align who you are with how you lead and communicate
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Move from overthinking into purpose-led action
Because at LIFT, we believe you don’t just need more skills, you need tools to unlock the leader within.
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Why smart people make terrible decisions under pressure (and the 6-second fix)
LIFT Newsletter 020 Read Time: 3 minutes Content: prices for reacting, transition, neuroscience A few weeks ago, I spoke with a senior executive who had just lost his job. Twenty years of experience, gone overnight. His response? Panic mode. He sent out 200+ applications in 48 hours, rewrote his CV four times, and cold-messaged every connection on LinkedIn. Within days, he was exhausted. Within weeks, he felt hopeless. And worst of all, he was getting terrible responses becau
Cassandra Nadira Lee
Feb 52 min read
51 lessons in grief, gratitude, and giving back
LIFT Newsletter 019 Read Time: 2 minutes Content: birthday and gratitude Yesterday, I turned 51. We kept it simple, just a quiet dinner with my family. This year felt different. I was deeply grateful, perhaps more than ever, yet the joy I usually feel wasn't quite there. And I know why. It's the first year without my Mum's birthday call. Every year, she would call to bless me, wishing me health and happiness. She passed away last December. A few days ago, while praying, it st
Cassandra Nadira Lee
Feb 52 min read
Staying Ahead at Work: Why Self-Awareness is Your Competitive Edge
LIFT Newsletter 018 Read Time: 3 minutes Content: staying competitive, promotion, job security, soft power skills The half-life of professional skills is now 2.5 years. What you learned five years ago? Half of it is already obsolete. Yet most professionals are still betting their careers on technical expertise alone. Here's what the research reveals: 90% of top performers share one trait that has nothing to do with their diploma or years of experience. High emotional intelli
Cassandra Nadira Lee
Feb 52 min read
Lost in Transition: The One Skill That Gets You Moving Again
LIFT Newsletter 017 Read Time: 3 minutes Content: job lost, transition, clarity, taking charge "I sent out 47 applications this week. Zero responses." If this sounds familiar, you're not alone. In the last year, thousands of professionals have faced retrenchments, hiring freezes, or roles disappearing overnight. And what most people do next actually makes everything harder. They panic. They spray résumés everywhere. They apply to anything that sounds remotely close to their e
Cassandra Nadira Lee
Feb 52 min read
The Courage to Not Be Fine
LIFT Newsletter 016 Read Time: 5 minutes Content: Courage, stigma, mental well-being, leadership “I need you to be our rock” How many times have you heard this as a leader? How many times have you said it to yourself? For all our progress in leadership development, one truth remains stubborn: we still expect leaders to be unbreakable. We expect leaders to inspire, motivate, and carry the weight of uncertainty. But when they are the ones who need help? Silence often feels saf
Cassandra Nadira Lee
Feb 52 min read
When titles fall: the leadership that remains
LIFT Newsletter 015 Read Time: 5 minutes Content: Identity, resilience, breakdown, leadership from within When Titles Fall, What Remains of You? Imagine this: the company you co-founded, poured your life into, and built from scratch… is suddenly no longer yours to lead. That was the reality for Derek Tan, Co-Founder of Viddsee. Stepping down wasn’t just a career change. It was an identity shift. For years, his title and role were inseparable from who he thought he was. Losin
Cassandra Nadira Lee
Feb 52 min read
Why Values, Not Profits, Built Indonesia’s Most Trusted Brand
LIFT Newsletter 014 Read time: 3 mins Content includes: Business, profit, growth, leadership In times like these with wars, economic uncertainty, and fractures in trust everywhere, I keep asking myself: What really anchors leadership? Strategies shift. Markets change. Technology disrupts. But what holds steady? The answer, I’ve found, is values. A Different Kind of Leadership Many companies chase quarterly results at the expense of people. Growth is prioritized even when it
Cassandra Nadira Lee
Feb 52 min read
The Four Self-Awareness Shifts That Build A Nation in 50 years
LIFT Newsletter 013 Read time : 5 mins Content includes: Honesty, uncertainty, cultural integration, USP, active strategy The Four Self-Awareness Shifts That Build A Nation in 50 years Yesterday, Singapore celebrated its 60th National Day. In just over five decades, this small island leapt from third-world uncertainty to first-world stability and prosperity without oil, gas, or vast land. This transformation didn't happen by chance. It began with self-awareness; the kind that
Cassandra Nadira Lee
Feb 33 min read
Self-Awareness: The leadership skill AI can't replace
LIFT Newsletter 012 Read time: 2 Minutes Content included: Self-Awareness You can't shift your mindset if you don't know what's shaping it. That's the blindspot self-awareness reveals. Last week, we explored how mindset can anchor us in chaos. But mindset doesn't stand alone. It's shaped by what we fear, what we assume, what we inherited—silently. In a world moving faster by the minute, here's the hard truth: It's not a lack of skill that's holding many professionals back.
Cassandra Nadira Lee
Feb 32 min read
The world is shifting. Will you shift with it?
LIFT: ElevateX newsletter 011 Read time: 2 Minutes Content included: Mindset shift The world is shifting. Will you shift with it? In a world where nothing is certain, your mindset is everything. I don’t know about you, but lately it feels like the ground beneath us keeps shifting. New technologies emerge overnight. Conflicts in distant places suddenly affect the job market here.AI tools are accelerating, and with them, the speed of change. In the past, we relied on experien
Cassandra Nadira Lee
Feb 32 min read
She became a HR director at 28, but that's not the most interesting part of her story
LIFT: ElevateX newsletter 010 Read time: 2 Minutes Content included: Superpower of self awareness, growth mindset, unlearning and relearning She became a HR director at 28, but that's not the most interesting part of her story I've been thinking about my conversation with Nicole all week. She's 28 and already an HR director at a major MNC, which is impressive. But what really struck me wasn't her title or her age. It was how she talked about her journey. Nicole shared somet
Cassandra Nadira Lee
Oct 8, 20252 min read
Your Job Seach Isn't Broken, Your Timeline is
LIFT: ElevateX newsletter 009 Read time: 2 Minutes Content included: Unlearn to learn, mental strength, job opportunity You had three...
Cassandra Nadira Lee
Jul 11, 20252 min read
What Happens When Your Values and Your Paycheck Stop Talking
LIFT: ElevateX newsletter 008 Read Time: 2 Minutes Content included: Inner clarity, job opportunity, getting the job offer How many...
Cassandra Nadira Lee
Jul 11, 20254 min read
Why Your LinkedIn Feels Like Shouting into the Void
LIFT: ElevateX newsletter 007 Read time: 2 minutes Content included: Inner clarity, unprocessed career trauma, renewed opportunities...
Cassandra Nadira Lee
Jul 11, 20253 min read
When The World Shifts, What Stays Steady?
LIFT: ElevateX newsletter 006 Read time: 2 minutes Content included: Job security, AI, survival and job creation Many of us have spent...
Cassandra Nadira Lee
Jul 11, 20252 min read
The First Half of 2025 Shook Us, Here’s How to Rebuild from Within
LIFT: ElevateX newsletter 005 Read time: 2 minutes Content included: rebuilding, strengthening and self-coaching questions It’s June...
Cassandra Nadira Lee
Jul 11, 20252 min read
You’re Holding It Together — But at What Cost?
LIFT: ElevateX newsletter 004 Read time: 2 minutes Content included: rebuilding, strengthening, self-awareness and change management...
Cassandra Nadira Lee
Jul 11, 20252 min read
How Can Feeling Discomfort in Changes Benefit You?
LIFT: ElevateX newsletter 003 Read time: 3 minutes Content included: change management, mindset, reframe and relearn When change feels...
Cassandra Nadira Lee
Jul 11, 20253 min read
What Does It Mean to Elevate with LIFT?
LIFT: ElevateX newsletter 002 Read time: 2 minutes Content included: staying competitive, AI, learning, growth mindset Read this if you...
Cassandra Nadira Lee
Jul 11, 20252 min read
The Reasons Why We Started LIFT: Elevate-X
LIFT: ElevateX newsletter 001 Read time: 2 minutes Content included: Change management, skills, commodity in the world of AI For years,...
Cassandra Nadira Lee
Jul 9, 20252 min read
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