Cassandra Nadira Lee

LIFT Newsletter 063 Over the last couple of weeks we built two moves a leader uses to get things done. The request, asking clearly so nothing gets lost in a hint. The offer, putting yourself forward for the work that decides what you get known for. Both act on what is already in front of you. This week's move creates what is not there yet. The declaration. A declaration is you saying something is so, and by saying it, starting to make it so. “This is where we are going.” “We are not doing...

LIFT Newsletter 062 Last week we sat with the request, the plain act of asking clearly for what you need, with the five parts that stop it sliding back into a hint. A clean request gets today's work done, because nobody is left guessing what you wanted or by when. But if you are trying to rise, the request is not the move that lifts you. That one is quieter, most people barely use it, and the ones who do tend to get somewhere. The offer. An offer is a request turned around. Instead of asking...

LIFT Newsletter 061 There is a story running quietly underneath most of our lives, and we picked it up long before we were old enough to question it. That was the heart of a conversation I was recently invited into, on the Luminihsan podcast with Guzelya Marisova, and it has been sitting warmly with me ever since. We talked about the beliefs that limit us, and how quietly they end up shaping the whole of the lives we lead. If you want to sit in on it, you can watch the full conversation here:...