Dara Makeda Wilson

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Dara Makeda Wilson

I'm Dara and I help women of color in tech find the respect, success and fulfillment they deserve.

04/01/2026

Your recruiter has 7 seconds to figure out you said

🥴🥴🥴 “owned cross-functional initiatives”

but actually meant

😈😈😈 held three departments together with duct tape and prayer, saving them $XX by not needing to backfill those roles

That you said

🥴🥴🥴 “supported leadership”

but really meant

😈😈😈 came up with the framing that secured the next round of funding, adding X years to the company’s runway

That you said

🥴🥴🥴 “Spearheaded derisking opportunities”

but really meant

😈😈😈 saved them $2mil by keeping their asses out of court*

Research shows the recruiters' resume scan averages 7 seconds.

They don’t have time to investigate how the corporate jargon is hiding your impact.
That is where I come in.

I look at your resume and LinkedIn the way a recruiter does, tell you exactly where you’re losing people, and rewrite the language so they can actually see why you’re worth calling in.

And for the next 48 hrs, I’m doing it for 50% off.

Spots are limited. Grab yours here: https://course.yourgoalblueprint.com/fixresumemar26

03/31/2026

I have an idea 💡

For the next 72 hours, I’m fixing resumes + LinkedIn for 50% off.

If you are tired of sending out applications and hearing absolutely nothing back, this is for you.

1️⃣ You send me:
✨ your current resume
✨ your LinkedIn
✨ the roles you (actually) want

2️⃣ I go through everything and tell you exactly why you are getting looked over.
Then I rewrite your LinkedIn headline + About section and your most important resume bullets so they start attracting recruiters.

You get everything back within 5 business days.

3️⃣ Then we meet 1:1 to walk through a 30-day step by step plan to get your job search on the right track.

Spots are limited! Click here to sign up: https://course.yourgoalblueprint.com/fixresumemar26

02/26/2026

They making bank off you boo

08/22/2025

I really messed up.

I realized this week that people think CAMP Do Less is a productivity course and it's ... not.

It's the thing you need when you want out, but you have no energy to get out.

When your s**t is TURRIBLE and you know something needs to change, but you don't even have enough brain space to know what that change is... it gives you enough room to BREATHE and make a decision.

It super bums me out that folks who need help don't realize there's a solution for them, because I fell down on the job as a communicator.

So I'm doing a few things:

1- extending enrollment through next Friday Aug 29 so folks have a chance to hop in once they understand what it is

2- talking BALDLY about what I'm offering here: Your exit strategy when you're too exhausted to leave.

3- Adding a bonus session next Tuesday for folks who are already signed up: Live spot coaching and Q & A ⚡️ (also shoutout to yall for seeing through the BS to the beauty and already sharing how your lives and work have changed through the pre-work!

You belong here. Your link to join: course.yourgoalblueprint.com/campdoless

08/11/2025

You are doing TOO MUCH.

Everybody, everywhere is doing entirely too damn much. I can feel it in the air and under my skin and it’s making me itchy.

“My boss doesn’t even know HALF of what I do!”

Girl WHY?

Why are you doing things your boss doesn’t know about? Why are you doing work you’re not getting credit for? Why are you doing SO MUCH?

To all my high achievers sick of bustin ass and not getting credit, I say this with all the love I can muster:

--> Just working a lot is not a strategy.
--> Working more, and being everything to everyone is NOT a strategy.
--> Being the office DOER that everyone can depend on is NOT a winning strategy.

If it worked … it would have worked.

You need a strategic approach to doing LESS that will help you thrive and rise, way faster than you are now.

That’s what you’ll learn and put into practice in my new live program CAMP Do Less.

It’s a six week summer camp for overachievers DONE being everybody’s mule.

We start end of August. Sign up today: course.yourgoalblueprint.com/joincampdoless

08/02/2025

💡 Toxic jobs don't target the weakest performers.

They target the strongest ones.

It's takes a different kind of person ... a see through the bulls**t, bottoms up, "what *actually* matters here?" kind of person to push through corporate malaise and capitalist norms for real results.

--> But the things that made them seek you out to begin with are the things they like least about you.

It's "you have a nose ring, and I've never heard of that band, and that shirt is loud and weird, and I've never heard of that book, and I can't put my finger on it but you just ... *smell* different."

It's "why can't you DO what we hired you to DO but use the same process and voice and thoughts as us?"

If you let them, they'll gaslight you into your grave. Working you to the bone and telling you it's still not enough.

And even after you leave, the Same. Exact. S**t. is going to happen until you heal your nervous system and you divorce yourself from the quest for approval from the white supremacist patriarchy.

Neither of these are theoretical, "think your way through it" exercises. There are specific steps to take to break yourself out of the cycle.

Click here to learn how: course.yourgoalblueprint.com/SundayScaries

*pic - always been a weirdo misfit, always will be. It's one of the awesomest parts of me :-)

08/01/2025

Your body knows.

Sunday scaries know exactly which Tuesday meeting is going to be a waste of time.

They know which Thursday deadline will drain your creativity and leave you empty for the weekend.

They know the difference between meaningful pressure and performative busy work.

Your nervous system has spent years studying your work patterns. It recognizes the energy signature of projects that matter and people who respect your contributions.

Sunday evening arrives. Your body runs diagnostics on the week ahead and delivers its findings through your chest, your breath, your sleep.

Meeting with Sarah about the community partnership: Chest opens. Energy rises.

Status update with the micromanager who interrupts every answer: Shoulders clench. Breathing gets shallow.

Presentation to the CMO who actually implements good ideas: Nervous excitement. The productive kind.

Your body has already done the work of separating signal from noise in your calendar.

I stopped treating Sunday scaries like broken anxiety and started treating them like business intelligence.

Best career move I ever made.

Sign up today for 5 Ways to End Sunday Scaries: course.yourgoalblueprint.com/40FdUwN

07/31/2025

Hello everyone telling me they can't attend Banish Sunday Scaries because they are too buried by work....

THAT IS LITERALLY THE POINT YOU ARE DOING TOO MUCH FOR TOO MANY PEOPLE

No one needs this more than you my dear 💜

Please prioritize yourself for 90 whole minutes so you can stop this cycle and give yourself some relief PLEASE I AM BEGGING YOU

::gasping breath::

(with all the love I have in my heart)

Ok I just wanted to say that. As you were lol

sign up now here: course.yourgoalblueprint.com/40FdUwN

07/30/2025

Hey did you know you can wear a crown to brunch and then come home and throw yourself a tea party with ugly tea sandwiches because adulthood is taxes but adulthood is also doing wtf you want?

07/29/2025

They're already mad, babe.
Even after you skipped lunch.
Even when you stayed late.
Even while you're burning yourself alive trying to be "easy to work with."

If someone’s gonna be upset either way…
Let it be the version where you’re free.

⚡ Free training:
Banish Sunday Scaries by Working Less
📅 Tues, Aug 5 | 3pm PT
🎁 Includes somatic toolkit

🎟 Click here to sign up: course.yourgoalblueprint.com/SundayScaries

07/28/2025

Soon, your body will force you to rest.

The only choice you have is whether you listen to the whispers or wait for the screams.

I spent years waiting for the screams. Now I help people hear the whispers.

👉 Click here and I'll send you info about next week's free webinar for my 5 step process to banishing the scaries and stopping your body’s revolt--> course.yourgoalblueprint.com/40FdUwN

07/27/2025

Today's Sunday. So I'm canceling meetings.

One or two of them.

When I first started my "Say No Sundays" (pulling up next week's calendar and cutting the fluff) it was four to six:

The meeting where three people talk in circles for an hour.
The status update that somehow takes 90 minutes.
The coffee chat I said yes to out of guilt.

And the more I said no, the fewer times I had to say no. Built up a reputation that my time was valuable and theirs was too.

My reaction to this exercise is always the same:

My chest literally loosens when I see those blocks of time open up again. Like I can breathe.

Now it's your turn!

Even canceling one thing counts. One hour reclaimed for what actually matters to you.

👉 Comment DONE when you've canceled something for next week. I love seeing people reclaim their time :)

I'm hosting a free training Tuesday Aug 5th on reclaiming your Sundays - learn more here: https://course.yourgoalblueprint.com/40FdUwN

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