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The Best Newsletter Yet

Vol. 32

Rachel Hauer
September 14, 2024

Happy Saturday Besties,

And Happy Birthday! Next week is the most common birthday week of the year. So if it’s not your b-day, it’s a quarter of your department’s. Don’t forget to bring the cupcakes. According to Parents.com the 5 most common b-days are…

1) Sept. 9,
2) Sept. 19th
3) Sept. 12th
4) Sept 17th
5) Sept. 10th

🎂 ALL IN SEPTEMBER 🎂

✨ This edition is bit different with a focus on “CORPORATE TAKEAWAYS” from our new TBOY Hotline episode with Corporate Natalie & Corporate Bro (Ross), the social media personalities and co-hosts of the Demoted podcast.

Watch on YouTube (recommended), or listen on Apple, or Spotify.

(For the deetz on Ross’s epic suit… keep scrolling.)

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TELL A BESTIE

🤑 The Top Colleges that make you rich…and
…🍻 The Wall Street Journal’s top-ranked party schools
👴🏽 ASU is offering empty-nester class for parents
🐾 Bluey is the #1 most-watched show in US
🦐 Netflix’s new hit is Succession meets Seafood
✈️ The 1-3-1 Flight Rebooking Rule

BEST TAKEAWAYS

For anyone working in corporate…

We work for bosses, not companies.
In sales you are your number (unfortunately).
Build relationships with those outside your purview.
Bring the evidence.
Be a single point of failure.
If your career is going well, don’t get an MBA.

For anyone selling…

You have to love your personal story and be comfortable telling it.
If you don’t love your story, find a different narrative you feel good about.
Write it down, practice it, rehearse it. Because telling it with confidence = charisma.

For creatives…

Having influence is the #1 thing.
Be a creator before an influencer.
Consistency, consistently delivers.

For anyone on a team …

Tom Brady is an individual contributor. Bill Belichick is a manager.
The best managers roll their sleeves up.

For all types of people…

It’s nearly impossible to change someone’s perception of you.
Be a doer.
The 3 L’s: If you’re not learning, laughing, or leaving a mark — reevaluate.
Everything is a relationship.

CORPORATE TRICKSHOTS

Give to Get: When you request a coffee chat, bring something that helps them find value in it too.
Diversify your Relationships: Build relationships that are outside of your purview. Go to lunch with engineering. Coffee chat with compliance. Procure time with procurement.
Be the Sweets Guy: Having your thing at the office (like birthday cupcakes) could get you introduced to the CEO.

FROM THE EPISODE

Nick mentioned Adam Grant’s concept of Pebbling…

Gentoo Penguins beat social media to the trend. The penguins pick up pebbles and carry them to their partner as a way of acknowledging the relationship and saying “hey, I saw this and thought of you.”

A Instagram post from Adam Grant

BEHIND THE SCENES

Food Edition: To fuel up for this interview, we hit up China Live in San Francisco the night before. So we thought we’d let ya know of the best order there for a party of 4 (according to Nick).

The strategy: Gotta get a mix just like a healthy stock portfolio, can’t over index on just dumplings or just noodles. Gotta have the strategic veggie, carb, protein balance for a healthy ROI (“Return on Ingest-ment”)

Here’s the Best Order: