Emily Lyons

Ethan Hawke said something on the Oscars red carpet that stopped me cold. Someone asked him: “How do you love someone who doesn’t love you back?” He said: “The one who’s in love always wins.” Then he added: “The sun doesn’t care whether the grass appreciates its rays. It just keeps shining. That’s you.” I’ve run a matchmaking agency for over a decade. You know what kills more love stories than rejection? People who stop trying. They get hurt once… and shut down. Convince themselves it’s “smart” to protect their heart. It’s not. The clients who find love fastest aren’t the ones who never got hurt. They’re the ones who got wrecked…and came back anyway. Heartbreak doesn’t mean you lost. It means you showed up. Be the sun.

A lot of women want success. Far fewer are willing to be disliked enough to get it. I've been around a lot of successful women. Through my matchmaking business, through staffing events for the biggest luxury brands in the world, through building my own companies. And every single one of them, every one, has this one thing in common. They are comfortable being disliked. Not in an aggressive, rude way. Not in a "I don't care what anyone thinks" way, because that's usually a lie. In a "be kind, but don't be afraid to be disliked" way. In a 'I've made my peace with the fact that my decisions will make some people uncomfortable and that's not my problem to solve' way. The woman who asks for the raise. The woman who fires the underperformer. The woman who leaves the relationship. The woman who starts the business everyone said wouldn't work. Every single one of those decisions makes somebody uncomfortable. And the women who actually do those things have decided that their discomfort matters less than their potential. If you're out here trying to build something big while also trying to make everyone happy...pick one. Because you can't always do both.

DONALD TRUMP: *posts AI video of him playing hockey* MARK CARNEY: Actually skating and shooting pucks 🏒

@CoachThisath Lol thanks!

@msfatale Love this haha. That’s one record worth keeping

Statistics update: I’ve survived 100% of my worst days. Still undefeated.

we're making @blocks smaller today. here's my note to the company. #### today we're making one of the hardest decisions in the history of our company: we're reducing our organization by nearly half, from over 10,000 people to just under 6,000. that means over 4,000 of you are being asked to leave or entering into consultation. i'll be straight about what's happening, why, and what it means for everyone. first off, if you're one of the people affected, you'll receive your salary for 20 weeks + 1 week per year of tenure, equity vested through the end of may, 6 months of health care, your corporate devices, and $5,000 to put toward whatever you need to help you in this transition (if you’re outside the U.S. you’ll receive similar support but exact details are going to vary based on local requirements). i want you to know that before anything else. everyone will be notified today, whether you're being asked to leave, entering consultation, or asked to stay. we're not making this decision because we're in trouble. our business is strong. gross profit continues to grow, we continue to serve more and more customers, and profitability is improving. but something has changed. we're already seeing that the intelligence tools we’re creating and using, paired with smaller and flatter teams, are enabling a new way of working which fundamentally changes what it means to build and run a company. and that's accelerating rapidly. i had two options: cut gradually over months or years as this shift plays out, or be honest about where we are and act on it now. i chose the latter. repeated rounds of cuts are destructive to morale, to focus, and to the trust that customers and shareholders place in our ability to lead. i'd rather take a hard, clear action now and build from a position we believe in than manage a slow reduction of people toward the same outcome. a smaller company also gives us the space to grow our business the right way, on our own terms, instead of constantly reacting to market pressures. a decision at this scale carries risk. but so does standing still. we've done a full review to determine the roles and people we require to reliably grow the business from here, and we've pressure-tested those decisions from multiple angles. i accept that we may have gotten some of them wrong, and we've built in flexibility to account for that, and do the right thing for our customers. we're not going to just disappear people from slack and email and pretend they were never here. communication channels will stay open through thursday evening (pacific) so everyone can say goodbye properly, and share whatever you wish. i'll also be hosting a live video session to thank everyone at 3:35pm pacific. i know doing it this way might feel awkward. i'd rather it feel awkward and human than efficient and cold. to those of you leaving…i’m grateful for you, and i’m sorry to put you through this. you built what this company is today. that's a fact that i'll honor forever. this decision is not a reflection of what you contributed. you will be a great contributor to any organization going forward. to those staying…i made this decision, and i'll own it. what i'm asking of you is to build with me. we're going to build this company with intelligence at the core of everything we do. how we work, how we create, how we serve our customers. our customers will feel this shift too, and we're going to help them navigate it: towards a future where they can build their own features directly, composed of our capabilities and served through our interfaces. that's what i'm focused on now. expect a note from me tomorrow. jack

If I take a little time to reply during an argument, just know I’m being mature. By “I,” I mean me and my best friend going line by line through the screenshots.

Every woman needs F-U money. Not to be cold. Not to play that exhausting “independent woman” performance everyone claps for. To be safe. Because one of the most dangerous places a woman can be is financially trapped. Trapped is how you tolerate a boss who humiliates you in meetings. A partner who controls every dollar. A life where your peace has a price tag you can’t afford. F-U money doesn’t mean you’re leaving, but it means you can. And there’s a massive difference between staying because you want to…and staying because you can’t afford not to. So be loved. Be chosen. Be provided for. But never be trapped.

The lesson isn't "have more grit." It's that grit requires trust in the future. And for a lot of people, that trust has to be built from scratch...one kept promise at a time. The grittiest people I know aren't the ones who were taught to wait. They're the ones who had every reason not to.

Grit didn't come from willpower. It came when I built something small that didn't collapse. When one client turned into two. When I kept a promise to myself and the world didn't punish me for it.

The Stanford Marshmallow Experiment told us kids with self-control succeed in life. Except the kids who ate the marshmallow weren't impulsive. They were smart. Here's why:

They tested to see if their dogs will save them 😂😂😂

SCTV was foundational for me and so many others. And Catherine O’Hara was a big part of that. A comedy legend. Rest in peace.

“I think the success of my work stems from being truthful.” - Catherine O'Hara RIP Canadian angel. 😇❤️

@ReddePayments Do you do Canadian based corporations as well?

Better alternatives to @stripe????

Do you guys think that Rick Ross is still hustlin? He must be really tired at this point.