How to Navigate Power Imbalances at Work So That You Can Flourish

"Women need to learn how to vet their jobs and so called allies so that they can avoid bitterness and resentment because their needs are not being met." - @Reninawrites

Women put themselves second in their own lives by ignoring power dynamics at work, in their relationships and with their families.

I am the first person to go to college in my family and I had to learn to read and navigate power dynamics when I was 11 years old. At 11, I attended my first elite, predominantly White prep school in East Oakland, California.

At 11, I had two choices, figure it out or flunk out. So I began to make my maps for survival. I share my maps with you in the “How to Navigate Power Dynamics at Work So That You Can Flourish."

I do not believe in hoarding maps, I believe in sharing them especially with Black women and Women of Color.

When many women get their foot in the door, the pull up the latter, slam the gate, close the door and lock the windows. I don't do that. It's vile.

I wrote "How to Navigate Power Dynamics at Work", 19.99, @ Reninashops.com, to share survival maps with other women.

No one will look out for your best interest the way that you can, and externalizing your safety and expecting fairness is one of the fastest ways to wind up feeling used and full of resentments.

This journal shows you how to notice that, "You are not tripping, there are power imbalances that are shaping how you are paid, how you are recognized, how your schedule is approved AND how your raises are approved."

I don't play that "just advocate for yourself" game. 95 percent of work is managing people, having a small talk plan, advocating for yourself and understanding the relationships between your boss, their favorites and the bottom line. If you are a person who thinks that you can just put your head down and work, then this is not the journal for you.

This journal addresses how to notice, identify and navigate women who will throw you under the bus, sabotage you and make you believe that you don't have a natural light that shines. They will make you think that you don't have any power in your own life when in fact you have all the power and all the smoke. You just need a to tighten up and make a plan AND strategy based on the hierarchy and lay out of your job.

Thank you to @akinyiwashere for giving me feedback and questions about how women need support in identifying and maintaining their communities. Akinyi told me to make a journal that shows women how to notice, harness and use their own power; so I did.

Take a deep breath and dig in with me, I promise that you will leave this journal feeling self aware, and with a sense of how to make long term choices that are in your best interest.

Life is not fair, so what is your plan? - @reninawrites