
A smoke detector doesn't know the fire is over. Neither does the pattern that built your career. It's still going off, years after the danger left the room.
You have the money, the recognition, the life you built. You still wake at 3 a.m. with a knot in your stomach success can't untie. Why performance without presence turns success into a mask that won't come off.
Your rising stars were promoted on merit. Almost none of them have been pressure-tested. Then the moment arrives, and they hesitate.
Hired as part of an inclusion push. Resigned months later, exhausted from trying to fit in. Why DEI programs lose credibility, and the better question to ask.