Self Control & Cheese

TBH coming out of this conversation we're not sure if we need a therapist and/or a mentor. We're kinda still just trying to figure out what questions we want answers to. 

And ya know what? THAT'S OK. There are so many people on the internet who are sharing lessons and willing to talk to you that you don't need to have a sit down conversation and ask someone to be your mentor if you're not there yet. Just do your thang, chickenwang. We're proud of you trying no matter what.

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As we all know, this is all just a simulation and time doesn't exist anyway. But for real, it's naive to think that things going on in your team's personal lives and the world in general AREN'T going to affect their work. Like you can't just tell people to not think about major life/world events during arbitrary hours of the day because YOU don't trust them. That's on you sweetie, not on them. SO if you say you want your employees to bring their whole selves to work, let them. Or you're going to miss out and lose top talent quickly. MMMMMMMMMKay?

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Are you feeling stuck? Like you want to take the next step and you haven't the slightest clue how? Fam... we've all been there. And so we knew that our first episode of the year had to pull out the big guns. So thank GOODNESS our friend Alex Becker was game to drop some knowledge. You know how Bridget and Sara can get - stubborn, set in their ways, and ready to break down a wall when really there's a door there they just need to open their eyes and see it. In this episode we talk about how to re-evaluate your skill set, understand where your strengths and weaknesses are, and how you can break out of your rut and get yourself unstuck. Also Alex has an MBA and we have to grill him about it. 

Enjoy!! 

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Hey team. You know what we're NOT going to do this holiday season? Say it with us: Give into any external pressure to do literally anything. Whether you wanna hustle on side projects, good for fuckin you. You wanna do absolutely nothing and become one with your couch. Good for fuckin YOU. It's been a whack as fuck year so do whatever the fuck fulfills you and don't listen to anyone else but yourself. Including us. Meta. But whatever. Catch you in 2021 cheese nation, we love ya. 

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Oh what it dooo my friends. Let's talk indirect leadership - that coveted skill that allows you to gain management experience without having a manager title. 

Indirect leadership is all about not being a dick when you're working with a team. It's about understanding what to ask of your team without making their lives harder, and knowing when to just do the work yourself. It's really freaking hard to get practice in and obviously Bridget and Sara aren't experts in this (YET) but boy you can bet they are working on it. 

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Ok but for real, making adult friends is hard enough, now we have to rely on our whit and charm being interpreted by others through the computer? Bruh... 

In this episode, we break down how we've made friends and influenced people in our companies, remotely. Even though at least Sara's never read that book. If you want to get some tips into how to create stronger, real ass relationships in the workplace, listen to this shit. 

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We're literally all working for a boss. Even if you're a CEO, you're working for your stakeholders, the bank, SOMEONE. 

And for two people who CRAVE praise and appreciation, we're breaking down our tips on how to get your manager to like you in this episode. 

Maybe it'll come in handy? Also Sara talks about Jocko Willink for like 5 full minutes. Not sorry. 

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Mmmmmmkay cheeseheads. Hi. It's ya girls. Did we record this episode on the THIRD day of the US election? Yes we did. We were a little loopy, but boy did we still have some SHIT 👏TO 👏SAY 👏

We both went to college, had a great time, and think we overpaid out the booty for 4 years of glorified networking that didn't even really help us in our careers. 

So we got some words to say about it. 

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