JSC: May 18, 2026

Mindset Monday: The Quiet Discipline of Patience

This morning we closed out our Top 10 Truths for job seekers. Last week was the first five (ownership, worth, uncertainty, boundaries, and protecting your energy). Today's set was about maturing in the work: discernment, consistency, community, and building forward when motivation is low.

The throughline of all five? The search rewards clarity, consistency, and community. Not performance. Not perfection. Not waiting.

A few highlights worth carrying:

• Stop performing for the wrong people. Lead with clarity for the right ones.
• The dream may need a refinement, not an abandonment.
• Motivation is unreliable. Repeatable actions compound.
• The right people remind you who you are when you start to forget.
• You are not waiting to be saved. You are building your way forward.

This week, pick the one truth that feels most like yours right now and let it ground you when the emotions get loud.

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Truist Foundation Fellowship: A Week of Mentors and Meaningful Conversations

We're still in the Mentorshihp unit, but this week looked a little different. We worked in the full cohort and were introduced and worked through live session with Truist advisors and partners. We were fortunate to host 3 exceptional guest speakers, each one bringing something different to the conversation.

On Monday, Robyn Tosick joined us for Connect On Purpose & Multiply Your Impact, where we explored a modern framework for building intentional relationships, activating ecosystems, and multiplying impact. The throughline was a strong one: connection without intention is just activity. Intention is what turns a network into a real ecosystem.

On Tuesday, we met with the Special Projects Team for conversations around Basecamp and Truist involvement, followed by Peer Case Consultations. The cohort absolutely rocked this activity, this was one of my personal favorite things we've done thus far. Watching the group show up so thoughtfully for one another, with sharp questions and honest input, was one of the best examples of community-in-action I've seen all year.

On Thursday, Sonali Mehta-Rao led a deeply vulnerable conversation around entrepreneurship, impact, and storytelling. There were moments in that room where you could feel something shift, an energy was produced. The kind of conversation that doesn't just give you a takeaway but recalibrates how you talk about your own work.

If there is one throughline from the week, it is this: the people who shape your trajectory are not just the ones who give advice. They are the ones who model, in real time, what intentional, generous, courageous work looks like. This was a highly impactful week with the Fellowship! 

That's a wrap! 

Here's the thread that runs through both pieces of today's note: the work that lasts is built on truth and on people. The truths you choose to carry give you something steady to come back to when the week gets loud. The people you let in remind you of those truths when you forget them. Neither one works without the other.

So this week, pick the one truth that feels most like yours right now and let it be your anchor. Then look around. Who is in your corner you haven't told lately how much they matter? Who could you be that person for?

You are further along than you think. The work is working. The right people are paying attention.

Hit reply and tell me yours. I read every one and share my own back.

We're here with you.

Tena & Stephen

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