More than a decade later, I’m still carrying those lessons and now get to work at Good Inside, led in part by another incredible Belsky. A wild full-circle moment, and one I don’t take for granted <3
I was 22 when this all happened—just getting my start and wondering if I really belonged. I’ll never forget how @scottbelsky went to bat for each of us. That kind of leadership (also shown by you, Will!) left a real mark on me.
I don’t think he’s ever told the story, but it’s worth telling. When we were selling @Behance to Adobe many years ago, @scottbelsky made a spreadsheet of every employee (32 of us at the time) and personally negotiated each persons title, salary and incentive structure, and made that part of the overall deal terms. I heard the phone calls where he went to bat for each individual.
He not only didn’t have to do this, but it actually complicated some of the other factors in the deal. It changed the trajectory of so many people’s lives, including my own.
2 years later, 100% of that original team was still at Adobe. Even today, a dozen years later, many of the core members are still there, building.
I was inspired by it then, and I'm inspired by it now.
I don’t think he’s ever told the story, but it’s worth telling. When we were selling @Behance to Adobe many years ago, @scottbelsky made a spreadsheet of every employee (32 of us at the time) and personally negotiated each persons title, salary and incentive structure, and made that part of the overall deal terms. I heard the phone calls where he went to bat for each individual.
He not only didn’t have to do this, but it actually complicated some of the other factors in the deal. It changed the trajectory of so many people’s lives, including my own.
2 years later, 100% of that original team was still at Adobe. Even today, a dozen years later, many of the core members are still there, building.
I was inspired by it then, and I'm inspired by it now.
Dr. Becky Kennedy answers some of the most-asked parenting questions in her new book “Good Inside.”
She talks about the mindset that’s helpful for parents to get into when approaching conflict, and also takes on viewer questions.
Pro-tip: Jesus would want you to use your power as a lawmaker to act to stop gun violence in Uvalde instead of quoting Bible versus while taking money from the NRA.
A reminder that in close to six months it will be the 10-year anniversary of the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting and since that day Congress has not passed a single piece of gun control legislation.
A wanted pregnancy is a nightmare of vomiting, pain, insomnia, and hormonal chaos. A wanted birth is excruciating pain coupled with major vaginal or abdominal injury and postpartum debilitation. Forcing people to endure this against their will is cruel and unusual punishment.