CHAPTER 22Check Yourself at the Door:Career Checklist
Let's take a quick interlude and review how you're doing so far. Use this Career Checklist to see how you've fared:
Took on risky assignments that have a good chance of making the firm boatloads of dough.
So that your bosses only have one page to read, authored executive summaries using highlights, fonts, and enough formatting to make your kindergarten teacher proud.
Triple-checked your way to zero defects and superstardom.
Created templates to maximize your ROTI by using the same work seamlessly and interchangeably for many different projects.
Delivered proposals and other requests from your boss faster than DoorDash delivers Thai food from across the street.
Wrote succinct memos for higher-ups so that your boss can sound smart and still make the front nine.
Created so many paper trails of your involvement in deals that you could win the office's Best Supporting Actor.
Retold the history of painful deals by getting the last word in trails of emails that you've Hancocked.
Persuaded satisfied clients to write testimonial emails, which you've also posted on LinkedIn, saying how great you were.
Held your tongue so many times that even you believe your boss deserves the credit for your hard-earned work.
Practiced your pitching technique with anyone who will listen, even your dog.
Mimicked your boss's mannerisms, recommendations, tone, dress, and hobbies to the point where you can't tell the difference between them and you. ...
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