Under Pressure

She Craved the Chase

I’d seen it before — the bait, the smile, the story she’d tell her friends. She wanted company, not a sale.

Jan 7 • Daniel Raybin

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December 2025

What About Me?!

He promised mentorship, delivered extraction, and taught me everything not to become.

Dec 10, 2025 • Daniel Raybin

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November 2025

The Most Unprepared CEO I’ve Ever Met

He came to sell. I came to listen. Only one of us was ready.

Nov 19, 2025 • Daniel Raybin

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Burn the Six-Month Plan

We built an entire business two weeks at a time — and never looked back.

Nov 12, 2025 • Daniel Raybin

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He made me call him “Sir.”

Then he hit Find → Replace on my name. It was ego dressed as leadership.Inside the day control replaced trust.

Nov 5, 2025 • Daniel Raybin

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October 2025

You're Using ChatGPT Wrong. Actually.

The trick is hidden in plain sight.

Oct 29, 2025 • Daniel Raybin

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You’ve Been Selling Your Whole Career

Layoffs are rising, AI is shifting the market, and job seekers feel stuck. This essay reframes survival as sales: you’ve been closing deals your entire…

Oct 22, 2025 • Daniel Raybin

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The Most Dangerous Boss I Ever Had

A true story about quiet manipulation at work — how a manager used fear, silence, and shifting rules to control a team, and the leadership lesson that…

Oct 15, 2025 • Daniel Raybin

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They Can’t Censor What They Can’t See

Free speech isn’t disappearing because people stopped talking—it’s disappearing because the infrastructure stopped listening. This essay explains how…

Oct 8, 2025 • Daniel Raybin

September 2025

I Say Yay to the Em Dash

A love letter to The West Wing, the em dash, and the rhythm of real writing. This essay argues that AI doesn’t erase your voice—it helps you reach it…

Sep 23, 2025 • Daniel Raybin

The Footnote That Erased a New York Company

A single sentence in a trade article reduced years of work — and hundreds of people — to a footnote. This is what collapse really looks like in New…

Sep 22, 2025 • Daniel Raybin

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