Lessons in Resilience - International Women's Day Keynote @ Brooklyn College

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lessons in resilience kaitlin thaney @kaythaney

Transcript of Lessons in Resilience - International Women's Day Keynote @ Brooklyn College

lessons in resilience

kaitlin thaney@kaythaney

hi, i’m kaitlin.

They love to say, “We’ve always done it this way.” I try to fight that.”“

- Grace Hopper, 1987

know what the stakes are

lesson #1

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Know Your “compromise quotient”

cultivate your squad

lesson #2

... and keep cultivating

dust yourself off

lesson #3

THINGS WON’T ALWAYS GO AS PLANNED

prioritize self-care

lesson #4

Marathon > sprint

Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare. 

“”

- Audre Lorde

know when to jump

lesson #5

writing on the wall

show gratitude lesson #6

advocate for yourself

lesson #7

(and those who helped get you there)

you’re not just what you do

lesson #8

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