Erika Ayers Badan: You Can Only Control What You Can Control

November 21, 2025

Source: WORK

Hi! I’ve been on 3 red eyes in the past week. I can’t quit a red eye no matter how hard I try. The lure of not wasting the day in a plane always trumps the blur, hangover-esque daze of the next two days after a night of no sleep.

Sidenote: It’s fall and apparently the changing fall weather causes bumpy sky roads according to the JetBlue guy at 6am today.

This is what work is like this week.

On this episode of Unsolicited Advice we are talking about geopolitical uncertainty and its bearing on your work. Hello Tariffs. Goodbye Margins.

Listen in if you care to understand how stuff that’s high above your pay grade or that seems way far away from you can impact what you have to work with and what your work is going to be like.

This is WORK: Unsolicited AdviceWatch full episode on YouTube.

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