# seat table (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover seat table. Page: Feed: --- ## [You’re Not Behind](https://togetherpurple.substack.com/p/youre-not-behind) _2026-08-13 · TOGETHER! · TOGETHER! Building A Movement_ What I learned from 300+ applications, rejection after rejection, and finally realizing I wasn’t behind at all. ## [Caring Without Carrying It All?](https://togetherpurple.substack.com/p/caring-without-carrying-it-all) _2026-08-06 · TOGETHER! · TOGETHER! Building A Movement_ What happens when caring becomes a full-time, unpaid job. ## [Sunday Stillness: Manhattan Beach, California](https://tommylei.substack.com/p/sunday-stillness-manhattan-beach) _2026-07-26 · Tommy Lei · The Quiet Photograph by Tommy Lei_ Somehow life is more beautiful and clearer in the hazy fog. ## [Lead From Strength, Not Exhaustion](https://togetherpurple.substack.com/p/lead-from-strength-not-exhaustion) _2026-07-23 · TOGETHER! · TOGETHER! Building A Movement_ When I joined TOGETHER! as the new Chief Executive Officer last month, I said this country’s next chapter belongs to “every young person already holding the pen.” This is my first note to you as CEO, and I want to start not by telling you what I’ll do, but by telling you the truth about what it takes to lead: it starts with taking care of yourself. ## [A Quiet Photograph #2: Fatherhood](https://tommylei.substack.com/p/a-quiet-offering-no-2-were-shooting) _2026-07-19 · Tommy Lei · The Quiet Photograph by Tommy Lei_ As seen on LenScratch's 2026 exhibition on modern Fatherhood ## [What blooms waits for no one](https://tommylei.substack.com/p/what-blooms-waits-for-no-one) _2026-07-12 · Tommy Lei · The Quiet Photograph by Tommy Lei_ On turning thirty-eight. ## [TOGETHER! Selects Alexander Brown As CEO](https://togetherpurple.substack.com/p/together-selects-alexander-brown) _2026-07-02 · TOGETHER! · TOGETHER! Building A Movement_ Next Generation Leadership Network Poised For Growth Under Brown's Leadership ## [I've been writing again](https://tommylei.substack.com/p/ive-been-writing-again) _2026-06-22 · Tommy Lei · The Quiet Photograph by Tommy Lei_ Albeit, slowly and mindfully. Sharing a poem I wrote for this year's Altadena Heals event. ## [The Question That Changes Conversations](https://startupstability.substack.com/p/the-question-that-changes-conversations) _2026-06-19 · Lisette Fabian · Startup Stability_ Separating what happened, the emotions, and the message ## [The Hidden Expectation of Executive Leadership](https://startupstability.substack.com/p/the-hidden-expectation-of-executive) _2026-06-12 · Lisette Fabian · Startup Stability_ What No One Tells You About the Seat at the Table. ## [One OS for your AI workforce (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/RGtpAgBiLkxA) _2026-06-12 · **Sponsored**_ Build, direct, and supervise an AI workforce from a single operating workspace. ## [Scale Alone Doesn't Break Companies](https://startupstability.substack.com/p/scale-alone-doesnt-break-companies) _2026-06-05 · Lisette Fabian · Startup Stability_ Leadership systems that stop evolving do. ## [Becoming a VP meant finally getting a seat at the table](https://startupstability.substack.com/p/becoming-a-vp-meant-finally-getting) _2026-05-29 · Lisette Fabian · Startup Stability_ I just didn’t realize how complicated the table was... ## [8fit is shutting down on my birthday. I don’t regret how I ran it.](https://startupstability.substack.com/p/8fit-is-shutting-down-on-my-birthday) _2026-05-22 · Lisette Fabian · Startup Stability_ When the outcome wasn’t yours to control. ## [Beyond the Degree](https://togetherpurple.substack.com/p/beyond-the-degree) _2026-05-21 · TOGETHER! · TOGETHER! Building A Movement_ Why Your Degree Is No Longer a Monopoly ## [Why your agenda never survives the founder](https://startupstability.substack.com/p/why-your-agenda-never-survives-the) _2026-05-15 · Lisette Fabian · Startup Stability_ and it takes your authority with it ## [Your numbers, his story](https://startupstability.substack.com/p/your-numbers-his-story) _2026-05-08 · Lisette Fabian · Startup Stability_ on what you give up to stay "aligned” ## [Confident and utterly incompetent](https://startupstability.substack.com/p/confident-and-utterly-incompetent) _2026-05-01 · Lisette Fabian · Startup Stability_ Everyone in that room was faking it. Including me. ## [The conversation you're avoiding with your CEO](https://startupstability.substack.com/p/the-conversation-youre-avoiding-with) _2026-04-24 · Lisette Fabian · Startup Stability_ courage won't save you in that room ## [The Subscription of Survival](https://togetherpurple.substack.com/p/the-subscription-of-survival) _2026-04-24 · TOGETHER! · TOGETHER! Building A Movement_ What happens when basic needs become recurring fees. ## ["I adore you all."](https://startupstability.substack.com/p/i-adore-you-all) _2026-04-17 · Lisette Fabian · Startup Stability_ the words I meant for one person, and said to a hundred ## [Licensed Dispensaries, Pay with Crypto (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/0eG6F8q4TwE3) _2026-04-17 · **Sponsored**_ Search verified licensed dispensaries and pay with Bitcoin, Lightning, or stablecoins. ## [The $2.2 Trillion Question](https://togetherpurple.substack.com/p/the-22-trillion-question) _2026-04-17 · TOGETHER! · TOGETHER! Building A Movement_ What the new budget proposal says about our generation’s priorities. ## [A Marshall Plan for America’s Teachers](https://togetherpurple.substack.com/p/a-marshall-plan-for-americas-teachers) _2026-04-07 · TOGETHER! · TOGETHER! Building A Movement_ Don’t spend $200 billion on another war. Lets invest 10% of that paying our best teachers what they deserve. ## [Sunday Stillness: Gabrielino trail, Altadena](https://tommylei.substack.com/p/sunday-stillness-gabrielino-trail) _2026-04-05 · Tommy Lei · The Quiet Photograph by Tommy Lei_ Walking up the Gabrielino Trail is a gentle introduction to the magical hold that the San Gabriel Valley foothills has over us here in Altadena and Pasadena. ## [A Quiet Photograph #1: A Seat at the Table](https://tommylei.substack.com/p/a-quiet-offering-no-1-a-seat-at-the) _2026-03-24 · Tommy Lei · The Quiet Photograph by Tommy Lei_ A Seat at the Table ## [Built by Women](https://togetherpurple.substack.com/p/built-by-women) _2026-03-24 · TOGETHER! · TOGETHER! Building A Movement_ For Women's History Month, we are spotlighting the women in our orbit who are not waiting to be handed a seat at the table: they are building the table. ## [The pond that waited](https://tommylei.substack.com/p/the-pond-that-waited) _2026-03-22 · Tommy Lei · The Quiet Photograph by Tommy Lei_ As the lunisolar year truly begins, I’m taking time to return to the quiet habits that sustain and guide my days. ## [Sunday Stillness: Emergence and Window Worker](https://tommylei.substack.com/p/why-i-photograph-the-quiet-and-the) _2026-03-18 · Tommy Lei · The Quiet Photograph by Tommy Lei_ Maybe the quiet and unseen were never empty to begin with. Maybe we just needed to learn how to look. ## [This Is Netanyahu's War, Congress Can Prevent It From Becoming Ours](https://togetherpurple.substack.com/p/this-is-israels-war-america-should) _2026-03-12 · TOGETHER! · TOGETHER! Building A Movement_ The most clarifying moment in last week’s Congressional debate over Trump’s war in Iran came not from a Democrat, but from Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky — a conservative Republican, a Trump antagonist, and one of only two members of his party willing to say out loud what the Constitution plainly requires. ## [The want to be seen and free](https://tommylei.substack.com/p/the-want-to-be-seen-and-free) _2026-01-12 · Tommy Lei · The Quiet Photograph by Tommy Lei_ why I photograph the quiet and the unseen ## [Collect Open Source Legends (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/bRqzBIoAwsZ1) _2026-01-12 · **Sponsored**_ Open-licensed art, limited foil trading packs, and optional on-chain mints. ## [Sunday stillness: Snow Cows](https://tommylei.substack.com/p/sunday-stillness-snow-cows) _2025-12-14 · Tommy Lei · The Quiet Photograph by Tommy Lei_ A quiet meditation on resilience and winter wonder.