Hey there, Happy New Year! Usually, this is the time of year when I share a long year in review. However, when I went to write this, it really just came back to I became a mother this year. I went through an extremely personal transformation that I'm not really sure you're interested in reading about. I'm going into 2025 a much different person than I entered 2024. There's been a ton of behind-the-scenes hardship and growth. The highs were high (like meeting my little one), and the lows were low (like health battles). And I'm still in the midst of some big shifts, so the transition isn't over yet. On the newsletter front, we hit 3,000 subscribers and have published 50+ issues. For something that was just supposed to be a little email sharing my lessons learned in operating remote teams, I'm still surprised by what it has turned into. Thank you for joining me on this wild ride. For anyone who had an unexpectedly upending year or is in the middle of some big transformations, you are not alone. The unknowns are scary, but you've survived big changes before, and you'll do so again. I'm rooting for you. If you wrote a year in review, please send it my way. I'd love to read it! We'll be back to our normal content next week. If you're looking for something to read in the meantime, please check out some of the top articles of the year:
I truly appreciate you taking the time to read this. Hope you have a lovely day! Marissa P.S.
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Hey there, This week, I'm sharing a quick recap of my favorite lessons, reads, and shares of the month. We'll be back to the usual articles next week. If you came across anything great this month (whether it’s a book, podcast, or insight) I’d love to hear about it! Just hit reply and share what you loved. May 2025 Recap Read this on the web | Subscribe Reads Recently, I did something I don’t usually do: a tandem read. I picked up Co-Intelligence by Ethan Mollick and Remember Love by Cleo Wade...
Read this on the web | Subscribe Too hot. Too cold. Just right. This classic framework from Goldilocks and the Three Bears mirrors one of the biggest struggles I see in remote team leadership: finding the right balance in how you manage. When it comes to leading distributed teams, most people fall into one of two extremes. There’s the micromanager: constantly checking in, obsessing over activity, piling on meetings and processes that disrupt more than they help. Then there’s the hands-off...
Hey there, Quick update: I’m hosting Cooking with AI (Live!) tomorrow — a walkthrough of four easy recipes to get started using AI: ✅ Shopping smarter with Perplexity✅ Turning experts into mentors using NotebookLM✅ Personalized recommendations using image analysis from ChatGPT✅ Building your first AI assistant bot (no code required) with a custom GPT Come see how each one works in practice and get ideas for how to fit them into your own workflow. Anyone can attend live for free, and paid...