Norda Seymour-Hall

#leadership #education #inspiration #socialjustice

[Norda Seymour-Hall @NORDA1]

@weatherjamaica Scary in KSA

[yimika| @yimikaaaa]

once you cut people out of your life, you need to become very comfortable with them talking bad and making things up about you. bc they will fill your silence and your absence with stories that make them feel better about losing access to you. people rarely take accountability when it’s easier to paint you as the villain.

[Norda Seymour-Hall @NORDA1]

People can subtly erode your confidence. Watch out for those who cause you to second guess yourself everytime you open your mouth to speak!

[noor୨୧ @wottheberry]

i used to work with a woman who everybody adored.

she had one of those soft, reassuring voices that made people immediately trust her.
brought banana bread into the office.
remembered details about everyone’s lives.
sent “hope your dog is okay!!” messages if somebody mentioned a vet appointment three weeks earlier.

if you’d asked me back then who the kindest person in the office was, i probably would’ve said her without hesitation.

which is exactly why it took me forever to notice what was happening.

the first few times felt so small i barely registered them.

i’d be halfway through telling a story at lunch and she’d interrupt with:
“sorry wait, i’m confused already.”

and suddenly instead of telling the story i’d be explaining the story.

or i’d answer something in a meeting and she’d tilt her head a little and go:
“hm. are you sure?”

like she was helping me avoid embarrassing myself.

and the horrible part is that it worked.

i started editing myself before i spoke.
double-checking things i already knew.
talking faster whenever somebody questioned me because i felt like i had to defend my own sentences before they were even finished.

the weirdest part was nobody else seemed to notice because technically she wasn’t doing anything wrong.

there was never a moment dramatic enough to point at.

it was death by paper cuts.

then one afternoon i was explaining something to a group and she did the usual:
“wait sorry, that doesn’t make sense to me.”

and another coworker immediately went:
“no, it makes sense. you do this to her constantly.”

the room went dead quiet.

i don’t even remember what happened after that because all i could think was:
oh my god. i’m not crazy.

and honestly i think that’s why subtle people can mess with your head so badly.

if somebody openly humiliates you, your brain knows to protect itself.

but when somebody slowly teaches you to distrust your own voice, you end up helping them do the damage.

[Chioma Amadi @Chioma__Amadi]

One of my mentees just lost her job, and I feel obliged to share this here.

Many HR managers don't usually tell you this, but there are workplace traps that can quietly damage your career if you're not careful.

Bookmark this and read through very carefully:

[Lij @lijitimate]

People are so switchy & sometimish & opportunistic.

[Workplace Mental Health Resources @Stopworkplacebu]

Jealousy and insecurities will have a bully lying about someone they should be learning from.

[Norda Seymour-Hall @NORDA1]

@Kojolanez Yes, we've had those stories here since our ancestors came from the Gold Coast.

[Norda Seymour-Hall @NORDA1]

@Bob_blu1 @kobe_boujee88 Hundreds of years.

[Norda Seymour-Hall @NORDA1]

@kwesi_eb Yup.

[Samrah @_Chemist1]

You can tell who’s really chosen, they go through betrayals, character assassinations, snakes in the grass in the form of fake friends & jealous family, and they still stand strong through it all.

[Workplace Mental Health Resources @Stopworkplacebu]

Toxic environments don't change.

They just recuit new victims.

[Norda Seymour-Hall @NORDA1]

Great history thread!

[Kwame Gonzalez🇲🇽 @Oskwamzz]

If I told you that back in the 1700s, British plantation owners in Jamaica were so terrified of enslaved Ghanaians that they tried to pass an actual law in parliament to ban the import of people from the Gold Coast, you’d think I’m lying . Below is the story of the Coromantees…

[ChiefHerbalist @HerbalistChief]

We need to apologize to our ancestors.

[Norda Seymour-Hall @NORDA1]

@annhybri k

[John Cena @JohnCena]

Minimize envy. Just because someone else wins doesn’t mean you lose.

[Norda Seymour-Hall @NORDA1]

@UbermenschMind Why has Twitter become like this?

[Norda Seymour-Hall @NORDA1]

@HamilcarBarca19 @zoomafrika1 You said by a white man so I shared the name of the artist.

[Norda Seymour-Hall @NORDA1]

@HamilcarBarca19 @zoomafrika1 Laura Facey of Kingston Jamaica made the statue that is located in Emancipation Park, Jamaica.

[Norda Seymour-Hall @NORDA1]

@SamanthaJBryan1 @MbancheTanko @XHabib Check the quotes.