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Two essays this week, plus a napkin interview and one outside read. One tie binds all four.
The decisions shaping your next chapter are still yours.
Some got delegated years ago without a second look. Some sit open with no date attached. And two people below show what taking one back looks like.
A senior operator wrote in: he doesn’t want to work for himself. OK, but here’s the thing…
You already run a business of one, and you have delegated what you cost, what you are known for, and where the next opportunity comes from.
Fourteen months out, forty books, three assessments, a document called “Next” with no first paragraph.
Sixty years of identity research says the risk was never skipping the questions. The risk is asking them with no date on the calendar.
Leadership roles inside two Fortune 50 HR teams, seven months after leaving, and she answers on index cards. Brandi writes The Corporate Unspiral, and one line from her cards holds the whole interview: "The absence of advocacy isn't evidence that you are unworthy of it."
Outside reads
I attracted the wrong audience. Here's what I'm doing about it. Devin Reed writes The Reeder and teaches B2B content strategy.
When his reach dropped on LinkedIn, instead of accepting the shift, he got curious. Turns out, LinkedIn's algorithm filed him under the wrong audience. He traced the drift to his own signals: a hundred posts in one direction, thirty in the one he sells against.
His fix is worth stealing. "My reach is down" is a dead end. "I've been filed under the wrong heading" can be fixed.
[NOTE: I spent yesterday taking this post, building an audit inside Claude on my own profile and then implementing the changes. Claude CoWork did all the heavy lifting. I created a prompt for you to do the same (Google Doc - copy and paste).]
If you want the structured version of this work, start with The Operator's Reset.
Thanks for reading,
Kevin
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