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Inviting Yourself to the Table
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Inviting Yourself to the Table

Kristy Tillman
99U, 2016
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Designer Kristy Tillman once believed her career was destined to stagnate. She felt higher-ups overlooked her and her ideas. Once she realized that she needed to take charge of her career path, she turned her life around. Tillman’s career lessons are broadly applicable, though introverts may dread sampling her self-assertive ideas. getAbstract recommends Tillman’s talk to everyone who feels invisible and who is ready to make a positive change.

Take-Aways

  • If you are waiting for an invitation to share or execute your ideas at work, you could be waiting indefinitely. Instead, be assertive: “Invite yourself to the table.”
  • “Welcome surprises.” Let your career evolve in response to events and opportunities.
  • “Suspend disbelief and take a leap of faith.” Do things that seem impossible. Don’t idly let your life pass you by.

About the Speaker

Kristy Tillman is director of design at the Society of Grownups, a Boston-based start-up that aims to democratize financial literacy among young adults.

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