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We love it so much we aired it twice! Listen to favorite episode with Sarah Cooper, Zainab Johnson and Erica Switzer join friends and discuss Sarah's new book: "Foolish", Zainab's new comedy special: "Hijab's Off", and young star Erica Switzer.  Sarah Cooper is a writer and comedian with millions of followers across social media. She's the author of How to Be Successful without Hurting Men's Feelings and 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings, as well as the star of the hit Netflix comedy special, Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine. Cooper built her comedy career in between working for companies like Yahoo! and Google, where she was fed free lunches and lots of material. She has appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Tonight Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and been featured in The New York Times, Washington Post, Vanity Fair and countless others. Cooper's debut memoir, Foolish: Tales of Assimilation, Determination, and Humiliation will be released October 3, 2023 from Dutton Books Zainab Johnson is a stand-up comedian, actress, and writer quickly being propelled as one of the most unique and engaging performers on stage and screen.  Zainab is currently a series regular on the Amazon Original hit series titled "Upload" from Greg Daniels and stars in her very first One Hour Comedy Special "Hijabs Off" premiering worldwide October 24th only on Amazon Prime video.  Erica Switzer As seen on Roast Battle Chicago, Las Locas Comedy and Hot 5, Chicagoland's Erica Switzer is “Your bougie jet-setting auntie who twerks to NPR.” A divorce and failed rebound in Shanghai, China led to her “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” moment in July 2017. Co-founder of Shanghai's Blackout Comedy and founder of Hei Now Comedy, Erica became the 1st Black comedian to perform in Mongolia at the 2019 Silk Road International Comedy Festival. She has featured for The Comedy Cellar's Simeon Goodson, Laugh Factory's Mateen Stewart, and America's Got Talent's Justin Rivera. A 2020 Flappers Comedy Club Soup-or-Bowl winner, festival appearances include the World Series of Comedy, Laugh Riot Grrrl Festival, and Burbank Comedy Festival's Best of Fest. 2022 festival appearances include Chicago's World Comedy Expo and NYC's Black Women in Comedy Laff Fest, producing "Erica Switzer & Friends" there in 2023. Always hosted by Marina Franklin - One Hour Comedy Special: Single Black Female ( Amazon Prime, CW Network), TBS's The Last O.G, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Hysterical on FX, The Movie Trainwreck, Louie Season V, The Jim Gaffigan Show, Conan O'Brien, Stephen Colbert, HBO's Crashing, and The Breaks with Michelle Wolf.

Sarah Cooper, Zainab Johnson and Erica Switzer join friends and discuss Sarah's new book: "Foolish", Zainab's new comedy special: "Hijab's Off", and young star Erica Switzer.  Sarah Cooper is a writer and comedian with millions of followers across social media. She's the author of How to Be Successful without Hurting Men's Feelings and 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings, as well as the star of the hit Netflix comedy special, Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine. Cooper built her comedy career in between working for companies like Yahoo! and Google, where she was fed free lunches and lots of material. She has appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Tonight Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and been featured in The New York Times, Washington Post, Vanity Fair and countless others. Cooper's debut memoir, Foolish: Tales of Assimilation, Determination, and Humiliation will be released October 3, 2023 from Dutton Books Zainab Johnson is a stand-up comedian, actress, and writer quickly being propelled as one of the most unique and engaging performers on stage and screen.  Zainab is currently a series regular on the Amazon Original hit series titled "Upload" from Greg Daniels and stars in her very first One Hour Comedy Special "Hijabs Off" premiering worldwide October 24th only on Amazon Prime video.  Erica Switzer As seen on Roast Battle Chicago, Las Locas Comedy and Hot 5, Chicagoland's Erica Switzer is “Your bougie jet-setting auntie who twerks to NPR.” A divorce and failed rebound in Shanghai, China led to her “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” moment in July 2017. Co-founder of Shanghai's Blackout Comedy and founder of Hei Now Comedy, Erica became the 1st Black comedian to perform in Mongolia at the 2019 Silk Road International Comedy Festival. She has featured for The Comedy Cellar's Simeon Goodson, Laugh Factory's Mateen Stewart, and America's Got Talent's Justin Rivera. A 2020 Flappers Comedy Club Soup-or-Bowl winner, festival appearances include the World Series of Comedy, Laugh Riot Grrrl Festival, and Burbank Comedy Festival's Best of Fest. 2022 festival appearances include Chicago's World Comedy Expo and NYC's Black Women in Comedy Laff Fest, producing "Erica Switzer & Friends" there in 2023. Always hosted by Marina Franklin - One Hour Comedy Special: Single Black Female ( Amazon Prime, CW Network), TBS's The Last O.G, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Hysterical on FX, The Movie Trainwreck, Louie Season V, The Jim Gaffigan Show, Conan O'Brien, Stephen Colbert, HBO's Crashing, and The Breaks with Michelle Wolf.    

In conversation with comedian Chanel Ali Referred to by Amy Schumer as ''the funniest, smartest person I know,'' Sarah Cooper is best known for her hilarious lip-syncing videos of Donald Trump sound bites. The author of 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings and How to Be Successful without Hurting Men's Feelings, she is the star of the Netflix comedy special, Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine; has appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Tonight Show, and Ellen; and is currently working on an upcoming Netflix comedy, titled Unfrosted, written and directed by Jerry Seinfeld. Named one of Variety's 10 Comics to Watch, she has more than 3.3 million followers across social media. In Foolish, Cooper brings a lifetime of obsessive perfectionism to bear in a starkly revealing and humorous memoir about such varied topics as her upbringing in a tight-knit Jamaican family, divorce, and career pivots. Chanel Ali is a standup comedian who blossomed on the Philadelphia circuit before taking her commanding stage presence to NYC. She has two Comedy Central specials, she was featured on MTVs Girl Code, and she can drink more than you. Because you love Author Events, please make a donation to keep our podcasts free for everyone. THANK YOU! (recorded 10/4/2023)

When you're starting your career, navigating the unwritten rules around to how to behave at work can be really difficult. So how do you learn that etiquette? This week comedian and author Sarah Cooper tells host Elainy Mata how she learned those invisible rules early in her career, why they matter, and which rules she thinks you can bend. You may know Sarah for her viral lip-syncing TikToks during the pandemic. But before that, she worked as a designer at big tech companies – like Yahoo and Google. And she didn't just crack the office etiquette game -- she also had some fun with those rules. In fact, Sarah's early comedy is all about office etiquette – like her satirical article “10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings.” Sarah and Elainy offer their take on the etiquette of email writing, how to handle yourself in meetings, and when it's OK to wear your comfy pants to work. Plus, they answer your office etiquette questions. Have a career question? Let us know at NewHere@HBR.org. Key topics include: interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence, listening skills, office politics, careers. More Reading:How to Speak Up in Meetings (Christine vs. Work)How to Write Better Emails at Work (Jeff Su)The New Rules of Work Clothes (Allison Shapira)The Cooper Review (Sarah Cooper)]]>

Sarah Cooper is a popular writer and comedian with a big social media presence and huge list of credits. She created the posts that went viral during the Pandemic where she lip-synched content of former President Trump, gaining her much notice by fans and the industry. She is the star of the Netflix comedy special Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine. She is author of her debut memoir Foolish: Tales of Assimilation, Determination and Humiliation that comes out today. Oct. 3. She also authored 2 books before her new one: How to be Successful Without Hurting Men's Feelings and 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings. Sarah is a comic that brings satire and a hint of sarcasm to her observations of her own life and others' and in sharing these, may just shine a light on situations she and other women find themselves in. She has appeared on Jimmy Kimmel, Tonight Show, Ellen Degeneres and many more. She has been written about in the NYT and Washington Post just to name a few. Dr. Kate and Sarah talk about why Sarah decided to write a memoir, they talk about her experiences, not always great, on the dating apps, how to make and maintain boundaries, and the importance of feeling self-empowered. They discuss the power we may give away is really something we need to feel within ourselves. Enjoy this episode!! Website: www.modernintimacy.com Email your questions to: question@getnakedpodcast.com Stay Connected with Dr. Kate: IG: https://www.instagram.com/themodernintimacy/ https://www.instagram.com/drkatebalestrieri/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/drkatebalestrieri/ https://www.tiktok.com/modernintimacy/ SPONSORS: BetterHelp: Visit www.BetterHelp.com/GetNaked to get 10% off your first month. Mayer Labs: Visit the Kimono Swirl store on www.amazon.com and use code 20SwirlNaked for 20% off through October 31. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff Bezos called the one-pager the "smartest thing we ever did at Amazon". And everywhere we look there are best practices and frameworks which worked wonders for big & successful organisations. So why do they often fail when we apply them in our organisations? We propose that best practices are not something to "lift and shift". Adopting practices without a proper assessment is risky. But going too far the other way can be it's own trap. We can dismiss something too quickly if we haven't bothered to understand the context behind it. Instead they can be a starting point for finding the solution that works best for your organisation. 1:30 min We start with a healthy degree of skepticism about the one-pager. If people weren't doing their homework before a meeting, is the best solution to force them to do their homework in the meeting? 2:30 We like, in principle, the idea of people starting a meeting with the same understanding about the context. 4:15 Pilar points out that this practice prioritises one way of consuming information. It doesn't work for everyone. 6:45 We speculate what problems this solution was designed to solve and what the culture was like to create those problems. 8:15 Tim references Sarah Cooper's satirical book "100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings: How to Get By Without Even Trying". 9:00 Tim talks about how many times he failed when applying someone else's process. And he shares the approach that ultimately worked for his company. 11:15 We might experience the same issue but it's important to understand any differences between the "best practice" organisations and ours. Their solution might only be suited to a similar context or company culture. 16:00 Tim shares how they changed the atmosphere and improved engagement at the leadership meetings at Shield GEO. 20:15 If people aren't preparing for the meeting because they didn't have time beforehand, maybe that needs to be addressed? What about you, dear listener? Have you had success introducing other people's best practices? We'd love to hear about your experiences!

People will sometimes say that they know what someone's been talking about without really having any true understanding. They might have copied down the words or memorized the information, but they have no real intimacy with or true knowledge of things yet. It's not enough to just be able to parrot back what's been said - but as the spelling bee kids ask, “Can you use it in a sentence?” Do you really know through first-hand experience the context, meaning or application of a thing or do we have just enough information to be dangerous? Today on The Karen Kenney Show, we're talking about digging in deeper, asking more questions and getting more experience before we try to lead others. This is necessary if we want to apply things in an effective way that won't mislead or harm the people we're trying to help. It's important to show up in integrity rather than just trying to “look” or “appear” to others a particular way. Don't be afraid to be a learner or student and say “I don't know”. Go ahead and be the one in the room who stands up and says, “This doesn't make sense, could you please elaborate a little more?” I'd bet that your bravery will go a long way to helping others who are still too afraid to put up their hand and admit that they don't have it all figured out. We don't need to be in such a rush that we just end up regurgitating things, it's important to spend some time studying and practicing so you'll have your own wisdom to share too.    KK's Key Takeaways • Do You Understand? (5:55) • Use It In A Sentence (15:30) • Appear Smart (19:58) • You Have Your Own Stories To Tell (25:00) • We're So Impatient (30:57) • Here To Help Each Other (35:43) • Help Me To Learn (35:58)  Karen Kenney is a certifiedhttps://www.karenkenney.com/spiritual-mentoring ( Spiritual Mentor), author, speaker, and the host ofhttps://www.karenkenney.com/podcast ( The Karen Kenney Show Podcast). She's also the founder of THE NEST - an online spiritual membership & community. She's been a student & guide of A Course in Miracles for close to three decades, a yoga teacher for 20+ years and is a longtime practitioner of Passage Meditation. She's also a Gateless Writing Instructor & workshop facilitator and is currently working on a memoir. KK grew up in Lawrence & Boston, MA, and graduated from BU with a degree in Communications. She's known for her storytelling, her sense of humor, her love of the Divine and her “down-to-earth” practical approach to Spirituality. Her signature process: Your Story to Your Glory™ - helps people transform their old stories of victimization & suffering, so they can choose Love over fear, improve their most important relationships, deepen their connection to Self, Source & Spirit, and live from a place of forgiveness, flow, freedom & fun! A sought-after speaker, spiritual teacher, and thought leader for podcasts, shows, live events, and mastermind programs, Karen's been invited to speak & teach on various platforms, stages & retreat centers across the country, including the renownedhttps://www.eomega.org/workshops/teachers/karen-kenney ( Omega Institute for Holistic Studies). You can learn more & connect with KK at:http://www.karenkenney.com/ ( www.karenkenney.com)

I had the incredible honor to get Mansur Khamitov on the FangledCast to discuss his expertise in the global market now that he has taken his years of accomplishments into the classroom as a professor at Indiana University. Far too often critics of academia diminish the incredible advantage of getting a degree in business leading to an MBA to build a foundation for future success in the business world. The most common cliché that normally is proven as the exception and not the rule is "Those who cant do teach." Yes, there may be professors we have all met who might resemble this insult, but Professor Mansur is not that guy. He has hands on life experience and successes in the corporate world that provided him an incredible advantage for teaching our next generation of business leaders. Join the conversation here to learn about his work on multiple continents and how these successes lead to his unique ability to continue his research and elevate the students who get the privilege of being in his classes. Please also check out the Virtual Presenter Course: https://virtualpresentercourse.com/impact25/aff/5/ & Viddyoze: https://bit.ly/3pujKvh Stream and video Conference Like A Pro Canon EOS M50 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp Canon EOS M6 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp Power Source for camera streaming https://amzn.to/3airBIG Stream Deck https://amzn.to/3ag0TQN Yeti Microphone https://amzn.to/2KsnRtg Green Screen Starter https://amzn.to/38aBeGE LED Light Kit https://amzn.to/34jQ8cl Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini HDMI Live Switcher https://amzn.to/34jtaSO BOOKS WE LOVE 7 Keys to Navigating a Crisis: https://amzn.to/2KvRbz3 Leading Beyond a Crisis https://amzn.to/2IS2els Stop Being the Best Kept Secret https://amzn.to/3gQje8t Selling with a Noble Purpose https://amzn.to/3gUzepG How to Be Successful without Hurting Men's Feelings https://amzn.to/3gQK686 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings https://amzn.to/3ntesjM What Got You Here Won't Get You There https://amzn.to/3r0zisT --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/andrew-deutsch4/support

When the head of marketing at one of Las Vegas's premier strip hotels gets his entrepreneurial spirit behind turning an interesting idea into a major profit center for the company, heads turned. Tim Evans recognized a minor event with a niche population taking place regularly at his hotel and the entrepreneurial light bulb appeared above his head. He recognized a population who loved the event, had funds to spend, and spent it freely while enjoying what soon became a weekly event. Listen and learn how this grew from an idea to a weekly event, to many more events, and eventually a major profit center for the hotel. Finding a Super Niche that you can serve better than anyone else, similar the concept of blue ocean strategy, can be a path to great profits and smooth sailing in your company. Please also check out the Virtual Presenter Course: https://virtualpresentercourse.com/impact25/aff/5/ & Viddyoze: https://bit.ly/3pujKvh Stream and video Conference Like A Pro Canon EOS M50 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp Canon EOS M6 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp Power Source for camera streaming https://amzn.to/3airBIG Stream Deck https://amzn.to/3ag0TQN Yeti Microphone https://amzn.to/2KsnRtg Green Screen Starter https://amzn.to/38aBeGE LED Light Kit https://amzn.to/34jQ8cl Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini HDMI Live Switcher https://amzn.to/34jtaSO BOOKS WE LOVE 7 Keys to Navigating a Crisis: https://amzn.to/2KvRbz3 Leading Beyond a Crisis https://amzn.to/2IS2els Stop Being the Best Kept Secret https://amzn.to/3gQje8t Selling with a Noble Purpose https://amzn.to/3gUzepG How to Be Successful without Hurting Men's Feelings https://amzn.to/3gQK686 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings https://amzn.to/3ntesjM What Got You Here Won't Get You There https://amzn.to/3r0zisT --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/andrew-deutsch4/support

https://youtu.be/akymQntVbQ8 Eric Erwin, CEO at FloraCraft took some time to discuss how a manufacturer in both the B2B space and the B2C space view marketing as a function in their overall strategy. Join the conversation and let us know how his nuggets of wisdom apply in your work. You can find Eric as follows: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericerwin/ https://www.floracraft.com/ Please also check out the Virtual Presenter Course: https://virtualpresentercourse.com/impact25/aff/5/ & Viddyoze: https://bit.ly/3pujKvh Stream and video Conference Like A Pro Canon EOS M50 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp Canon EOS M6 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp Power Source for camera streaming https://amzn.to/3airBIG Stream Deck https://amzn.to/3ag0TQN Yeti Microphone https://amzn.to/2KsnRtg Green Screen Starter https://amzn.to/38aBeGE LED Light Kit https://amzn.to/34jQ8cl Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini HDMI Live Switcher https://amzn.to/34jtaSO BOOKS WE LOVE 7 Keys to Navigating a Crisis: https://amzn.to/2KvRbz3 Leading Beyond a Crisis https://amzn.to/2IS2els Stop Being the Best Kept Secret https://amzn.to/3gQje8t Selling with a Noble Purpose https://amzn.to/3gUzepG How to Be Successful without Hurting Men's Feelings https://amzn.to/3gQK686 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings https://amzn.to/3ntesjM What Got You Here Won't Get You There https://amzn.to/3r0zisT --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/andrew-deutsch4/support

Join the conversation to share a story taking the power of personalization to the market as a solid tactic leading to delighted customers and converting every touch into advocates for your brand. If you've ever been delighted by the personal messages and sounds when squeezing a build a bear toy, you have Geoffrey to thank. Now lets see how we use that amazing delighter to excite your customers and clients. We love the idea of meeting every touch at their model of the world and speak directly to them. Let us know if you think this is a way to accomplish this Check out Geoffrey at linkedin.com/in/geoffreystern www.voice-express.com Stream and video Conference Like A Pro Canon EOS M50 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp Canon EOS M6 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp Power Source for camera streaming https://amzn.to/3airBIG Stream Deck https://amzn.to/3ag0TQN Yeti Microphone https://amzn.to/2KsnRtg Green Screen Starter https://amzn.to/38aBeGE LED Light Kit https://amzn.to/34jQ8cl Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini HDMI Live Switcher https://amzn.to/34jtaSO BOOKS WE LOVE 7 Keys to Navigating a Crisis: https://amzn.to/2KvRbz3 Leading Beyond a Crisis https://amzn.to/2IS2els Stop Being the Best Kept Secret https://amzn.to/3gQje8t Selling with a Noble Purpose https://amzn.to/3gUzepG How to Be Successful without Hurting Men's Feelings https://amzn.to/3gQK686 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings https://amzn.to/3ntesjM What Got You Here Won't Get You There https://amzn.to/3r0zisT --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/andrew-deutsch4/support

If you are a founder of a business, know one, or want to be one, this interview is for you. Tim Kubiak has a stellar track record helping Founders of all kinds take their business to great places. When we say all kinds, there are some that begin with just an idea and others have tried to start but get stuck behind a speed bump that Tim can help them get past to grow. We hope you take the time to listen as the nuggets of knowledge keep coming all the way to the end of the recording. Please feel free to join the conversation in the comments, subscribe to the FangledCast, and tell a friend about the show. You also can check him out at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timkubiak/ https://timkubiak.com/ Stream and video Conference Like A Pro Canon EOS M50 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp Canon EOS M6 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp Power Source for camera streaming https://amzn.to/3airBIG Stream Deck https://amzn.to/3ag0TQN Yeti Microphone https://amzn.to/2KsnRtg Green Screen Starter https://amzn.to/38aBeGE LED Light Kit https://amzn.to/34jQ8cl Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini HDMI Live Switcher https://amzn.to/34jtaSO BOOKS WE LOVE 7 Keys to Navigating a Crisis: https://amzn.to/2KvRbz3 Leading Beyond a Crisis https://amzn.to/2IS2els Stop Being the Best Kept Secret https://amzn.to/3gQje8t Selling with a Noble Purpose https://amzn.to/3gUzepG How to Be Successful without Hurting Men's Feelings https://amzn.to/3gQK686 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings https://amzn.to/3ntesjM What Got You Here Won't Get You There https://amzn.to/3r0zisT --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/andrew-deutsch4/support

This episode is a must watch video version. The audio version will leave you wondering what you are missing, If you are about to listen, we urge you to stop and click here: YOU TUBE: https://youtu.be/oLqFDvRMY5M We are sharing how you can take ordinary video meetings, video recordings, and more to the next level. We teach you how to use open source software to wow, and amaze your audience. If you want to check out the course, please click here: https://virtualpresentercourse.com/impact25/aff/5/ For those who watch this video presentation, clicking on the link will take US$ 50.00 off in the cart. Our students report that learning is easy and the results have led to amazing results. Stream and video Conference Like A Pro Canon EOS M50 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp Canon EOS M6 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp Power Source for camera streaming https://amzn.to/3airBIG Stream Deck https://amzn.to/3ag0TQN Yeti Microphone https://amzn.to/2KsnRtg Green Screen Starter https://amzn.to/38aBeGE LED Light Kit https://amzn.to/34jQ8cl Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini HDMI Live Switcher https://amzn.to/34jtaSO BOOKS WE LOVE 7 Keys to Navigating a Crisis: https://amzn.to/2KvRbz3 Leading Beyond a Crisis https://amzn.to/2IS2els Stop Being the Best Kept Secret https://amzn.to/3gQje8t Selling with a Noble Purpose https://amzn.to/3gUzepG How to Be Successful without Hurting Men's Feelings https://amzn.to/3gQK686 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings https://amzn.to/3ntesjM What Got You Here Won't Get You There https://amzn.to/3r0zisT --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/andrew-deutsch4/support

Have you ever wondered where the Entrepreneurial spark begins for most? I had to ask the question of Palmer Gambler, who grew up on the Navajo (Dene) reservation how in a community not known for having a multitude of role models to mentor him went from spark to successful fashion line. Join this conversation to learn more about Dene culture, entrepreneurship, and how Stoic Native Fashion got its name and went from a clever idea to a thriving brand. Check out Stoic Native Clothing at: https://www.stoicnativeclothing.com/ Stream and video Conference Like A Pro Canon EOS M50 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp Canon EOS M6 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp Power Source for camera streaming https://amzn.to/3airBIG Stream Deck https://amzn.to/3ag0TQN Yeti Microphone https://amzn.to/2KsnRtg Green Screen Starter https://amzn.to/38aBeGE LED Light Kit https://amzn.to/34jQ8cl Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini HDMI Live Switcher https://amzn.to/34jtaSO BOOKS WE LOVE 7 Keys to Navigating a Crisis: https://amzn.to/2KvRbz3 Leading Beyond a Crisis https://amzn.to/2IS2els Stop Being the Best Kept Secret https://amzn.to/3gQje8t Selling with a Noble Purpose https://amzn.to/3gUzepG How to Be Successful without Hurting Men's Feelings https://amzn.to/3gQK686 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings https://amzn.to/3ntesjM What Got You Here Won't Get You There https://amzn.to/3r0zisT --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/andrew-deutsch4/support

Mark Evans has become known for his innovative approach to marketing in the SaaS world. For those who don't know these letters, they stand for Software as a Service. By acting as a FCMO (Fractional Chief Marketing Officer) he is able to bring Executive level Marketing expertise to his clients who are not in a position to support a full time marketing executive. Check out our conversation to hear his brilliant insights into how FCMO may be a solution for your company, especially if you are in the SaaS market space. Also check out: The Virtual Presenter Course: https://virtualpresentercourse.com/impact25/aff/5/ to take your video presentations to the next level Also, https://bit.ly/3r3nXaR to get incredible animations and overlays to promote your brand. Stream and video Conference Like A Pro Canon EOS M50 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp Canon EOS M6 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp Power Source for camera streaming https://amzn.to/3airBIG Stream Deck https://amzn.to/3ag0TQN Yeti Microphone https://amzn.to/2KsnRtg Green Screen Starter https://amzn.to/38aBeGE LED Light Kit https://amzn.to/34jQ8cl Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini HDMI Live Switcher https://amzn.to/34jtaSO BOOKS WE LOVE 7 Keys to Navigating a Crisis: https://amzn.to/2KvRbz3 Leading Beyond a Crisis https://amzn.to/2IS2els Stop Being the Best Kept Secret https://amzn.to/3gQje8t Selling with a Noble Purpose https://amzn.to/3gUzepG How to Be Successful without Hurting Men's Feelings https://amzn.to/3gQK686 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings https://amzn.to/3ntesjM What Got You Here Won't Get You There https://amzn.to/3r0zisT --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/andrew-deutsch4/support

CRM is either loved or loathed by sales teams all over the world. The myth is that if you do not go with the largest and most known CRM, SalesForce.com you will fail and many don't do a proper search for alternatives that can provide a great CRM experience more custom fit to your need and at a lower cost. The part of the conversation that seems to be missing is how the selection process should be made and how it will be implemented. Who should be part of the selection and implementation process? What are best practices leading to success? Jeroen is co-founder and CEO of Salesflare, an intelligent CRM built for SMBs selling B2B, mostly popular with agencies and fast growing startup companies. Salesflare itself was founded when Jeroen and his co-founder Lieven wanted to follow up the leads for their software company in an easier way. They built Salesflare, which pulls customer data together automatically and then actively helps you to follow up. Check out or conversation to see if the most popular is for you, or if you can be better served by looking to the alternatives in the market. www.salesflare.com is a great starting point to understand one of the great alternatives available. Stream and video Conference Like A Pro Canon EOS M50 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp Canon EOS M6 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp Power Source for camera streaming https://amzn.to/3airBIG Stream Deck https://amzn.to/3ag0TQN Yeti Microphone https://amzn.to/2KsnRtg Green Screen Starter https://amzn.to/38aBeGE LED Light Kit https://amzn.to/34jQ8cl Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini HDMI Live Switcher https://amzn.to/34jtaSO BOOKS WE LOVE 7 Keys to Navigating a Crisis: https://amzn.to/2KvRbz3 Leading Beyond a Crisis https://amzn.to/2IS2els Stop Being the Best Kept Secret https://amzn.to/3gQje8t Selling with a Noble Purpose https://amzn.to/3gUzepG How to Be Successful without Hurting Men's Feelings https://amzn.to/3gQK686 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings https://amzn.to/3ntesjM What Got You Here Won't Get You There https://amzn.to/3r0zisT --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/andrew-deutsch4/support

Join us as we dig deep with Influence marketing expert, Jason Falls. He helps break down not only what influence marketing actually is & where it began but also how business of all types can utilize this tool to help implement their go-to-market strategy. Jason Falls solves problems. Most of the time they have to do with digital marketing for Cornett, a full-service advertising agency based in Lexington, Ky., where he leads digital strategy and hosts two marketing podcasts (Digging Deeper and Winfluence). His work has touched a number of major brands and has been recognized with several national and many regional awards including a 2020 Shorty Award for his influencer marketing work. He has worked with a number of the world's most iconic brands including Buffalo Trace, Weller, 1792, Jim Beam and Maker's Mark bourbons, GE Appliances, AT&T, Valvoline, Humana, Rawlings, Tempur-Pedic, Fireball Whisky, General Motors and more. His third book, Winfluence: Reframing Influencer Marketing to Ignite Your Brand, is due February 23 from Entrepreneur Press. find him at: https://jasonfalls.com​ His book Winfluence - Reframing Influencer Marketing to Ignite Your Brand https://amzn.to/2Zlu6mw​ Cornett's: https://teamcornett.com​ Examples we discussed in the FangledCast 1792 Bourbon: https://1729bourbon.com​ 1792 Style: http://style.1792bourbon.com​ Stream and video Conference Like A Pro Canon EOS M50 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp​ Canon EOS M6 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp​ Power Source for camera streaming https://amzn.to/3airBIG​ Stream Deck https://amzn.to/3ag0TQN​ Yeti Microphone https://amzn.to/2KsnRtg​ Green Screen Starter https://amzn.to/38aBeGE​ LED Light Kit https://amzn.to/34jQ8cl​ Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini HDMI Live Switcher https://amzn.to/34jtaSO​ BOOKS WE LOVE 7 Keys to Navigating a Crisis: https://amzn.to/2KvRbz3​ Leading Beyond a Crisis https://amzn.to/2IS2els​ Stop Being the Best Kept Secret https://amzn.to/3gQje8t​ Selling with a Noble Purpose https://amzn.to/3gUzepG​ How to Be Successful without Hurting Men's Feelings https://amzn.to/3gQK686​ 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings https://amzn.to/3ntesjM​ What Got You Here Won't Get You There https://amzn.to/3r0zisT --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/andrew-deutsch4/support

Sarah Cooper has become a TikTok superstar. Her hilarious video lip-syncs to the voice of former President Donald Trump made her a national celebrity, even serving as a substitute host for Jimmy Kimmel on his late-night ABC talk show. Host Dean Rotbart knew Sarah was special when he interviewed her four years ago about her half-serious, half-humorous book, “100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings.” Sarah was inspired to write the book after sitting through boring meetings at her previous employers, Yahoo! and Google. This week on a Best of Monday Morning Radio episode, Dean reprises his 2017 conversation with Sarah, and “objectively speaking” – as you’ll hear [Trick #19], he’s still the best podcast host on the planet. Photo: Sarah Cooper, 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in MeetingsOriginally Posted: April 10, 2017Best of Monday Morning Radio Update: February 8, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 30:06

Tom Antion has never had a job. He's an Internet Multimillionaire "guy next door" and founder of the only licensed, dedicated Internet marketing school in the country. He's the subject of a Hollywood Documentary "The American Entrepreneur" premiering spring 2021. We had a great time digging into his history and many of the tips he offers to folks who take his courses and mentoring to help them be successful in ways. Tom is an extremely creative, kind, and generous guy who shares his path of success with his clients. Please check him out at: https://antion.com/​ website https://screwthecommute.com/​ podcast https://imtcva.org/​ internet training center Stream and video Conference Like A Pro Canon EOS M50 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp​ Canon EOS M6 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp​ Power Source for camera streaming https://amzn.to/3airBIG​ Stream Deck https://amzn.to/3ag0TQN​ Yeti Microphone https://amzn.to/2KsnRtg​ Green Screen Starter https://amzn.to/38aBeGE​ LED Light Kit https://amzn.to/34jQ8cl​ Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini HDMI Live Switcher https://amzn.to/34jtaSO​ BOOKS WE LOVE 7 Keys to Navigating a Crisis: https://amzn.to/2KvRbz3​ Leading Beyond a Crisis https://amzn.to/2IS2els​ Stop Being the Best Kept Secret https://amzn.to/3gQje8t​ Selling with a Noble Purpose https://amzn.to/3gUzepG​ How to Be Successful without Hurting Men's Feelings https://amzn.to/3gQK686​ 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings https://amzn.to/3ntesjM​ What Got You Here Won't Get You There https://amzn.to/3r0zisT --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/andrew-deutsch4/support

If you are at a crossroads in your life, between sticking with the conventional path and taking a leap of faith in the direction of your passion, you're going to get a lot of inspiration from hearing today’s guest tell her story in her own words. Author and comedian, Sarah Cooper’s viral TikTok Trump impersonations have led to a Netflix show called Everything’s Fine, which is a comedic commentary on the state of America during “The Trump Years.” After working in corporate America, Sarah was eager to follow her passion and become a stand-up comedian, but it took a real leap of faith for her to go into comedy full time. When Trump was elected president, she began openly voicing her opinion about him on Twitter, so much so that the former-president blocked her in 2017. Eventually, each time Trump would do a news briefing, the media eagerly awaited Sarah's TikTok impressions; the floodgates opened, and she was offered a ton of exciting opportunities, from getting an agent to filming her recent Netflix comedy special. In this episode, Sarah shares a bit about her backstory and connects the dots between her upbringing and her now global fame. She talks about her persistent feelings of never quite belonging, not being Black or white “enough,” and how she overcame having low self-confidence. You’ll also find out how a date with Light’s brother inspired Sarah to take the stage, how her viral article inspired her to take a leap of faith, and how TikTok reignited her dreams of becoming famous. All this and more, including what her definition of success is now and what advice she would give 19-year-old Sarah, so make sure to tune in today!Key Points From This Episode:Hear a bit about Sarah’s background, born in Jamaica and raised in the US.Find out a bit about her family dynamic, between her, her parents, and her three siblings.Sarah explains that her favorite activity as a child was make-believe.How racism was viewed in Sarah’s family and the benefits of pretending it doesn’t exist.Sarah talks about her love for singing, dancing, acting, and Shakespeare.Why Sarah felt that she didn’t belong anywhere; she wasn’t white or Black “enough”.From the University of Maryland to Georgia Tech: what Sarah learned during her years in college.Sarah’s first time on stage in Atlanta and how it was inspired by a date with Light’s brother.Why stand-up comedy was a better fit for Sarah than acting; she liked making people laugh!How Sarah tried to fit in with corporate America and began taking notes while she was working at Google in New York.Find out about Sarah’s path to meditation and how her and Light crossed paths in 2012.Sarah’s viral article, ’10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings’, and how it inspired her to take a leap of faith.How Sarah dealt with negative reviews after she published her book and became well-known.What Sarah said on Twitter that made Donald Trump block her in 2017.At 40, Sarah started doubting herself and the work she had put into her stand-up career, but then she discovered TikTok.Hear about the day that Sarah decided to do her first Trump impression on TikTok.Sarah tells the story of how she made her first viral TikTok about Trump’s bleach comments.The pressure to create that Sarah started feeling after the first few successful videos.Building an audience out of people connected through their hate for Trump by creating a Netflix special out of her impressions.How Sarah stayed true to her instincts while working with a big player like Netflix.The essence of Sarah’s stories is understanding that there is no one, right way to deal with racism, or micro-aggressions, or sexism.Sarah’s definition of success now: proving that she is more than her Trump i

This is a must listen episode with CEO, Benjamin Cohen to help better understand what AI (artificial intelligence) actually is and how it will help your sales team grow and flourish. A properly implemented AI can help resolve the following problems in your sales team: 1) Reinvigorates existing sales team members to get back in the game and grow 2) Reduce new sales hire churn by getting new recruits up to speed and efficient sooner 3) Enabling inside sales / customer service to be more efficient and knowledgeable 4) Positively predict next steps with new and existing customers 5) more The accomplishments and results are undeniable, so join the conversation and learn more about the truth of AI. Please like, share, and enjoy this episode then subscribe to the FangledCast for future interviews that are designed to help you think in new ways about business Stream and video Conference Like A Pro Canon EOS M50 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp Canon EOS M6 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp Power Source for camera streaming https://amzn.to/3airBIG Stream Deck https://amzn.to/3ag0TQN Yeti Microphone https://amzn.to/3pCD5LD Green Screen Starter https://amzn.to/38aBeGE LED Light Kit https://amzn.to/34jQ8cl Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini HDMI Live Switcher https://amzn.to/34jtaSO BOOKS WE LOVE 7 Keys to Navigating a Crisis: https://amzn.to/2KvRbz3 Leading Beyond a Crisis https://amzn.to/2IS2els Stop Being the Best Kept Secret https://amzn.to/3gQje8t Selling with a Noble Purpose https://amzn.to/3gUzepG How to Be Successful without Hurting Men's Feelings https://amzn.to/3gQK686 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings https://amzn.to/3ntesjM What Got You Here Won't Get You There https://amzn.to/3r0zisT --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/andrew-deutsch4/support

If you think grandma Edna's special sauce or uncle Billy's herbal fizzy drink is your path to being a billionaire, think again and do your homework before investing. My conversation with food marketing and sales expert Mark Bogomolny is an eye opener for those who think bringing a food or beverage item to the market shelf is an easy path to great success. Certainly it is not an impossible task, but if you ever thought you have that wonder-food that will make your life fortune, this is the conversation you need to hear. Bringing a new food to market requires true expertise, patience, contacts, and more money then you might have ever considered. We hope you enjoy the conversation and learn a thing or two. Please consider liking, sharing, and commenting on the video then subscribe to the FangledCast for past and future interviews. Stream and video Conference Like A Pro Canon EOS M50 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp​ Canon EOS M6 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp​ Power Source for camera streaming https://amzn.to/3airBIG​ Stream Deck https://amzn.to/3ag0TQN​ Yeti Microphone https://amzn.to/2KsnRtg​ Green Screen Starter https://amzn.to/38aBeGE​ LED Light Kit https://amzn.to/34jQ8cl​ Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini HDMI Live Switcher https://amzn.to/34jtaSO​ BOOKS WE LOVE 7 Keys to Navigating a Crisis: https://amzn.to/2KvRbz3​ Leading Beyond a Crisis https://amzn.to/2IS2els​ Stop Being the Best Kept Secret https://amzn.to/3gQje8t​ Selling with a Noble Purpose https://amzn.to/3gUzepG​ How to Be Successful without Hurting Men's Feelings https://amzn.to/3gQK686​ 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings https://amzn.to/3ntesjM​ What Got You Here Won't Get You There https://amzn.to/3r0zisT --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/andrew-deutsch4/support

People love to laugh. Described as a man who defies description, JD Gershbein exemplifies the verve and vision of the social media world. He is that unique blend of scientist and artist, combining the pragmatic with the whimsical to deliver an extraordinary and deeply moving personal brand experience. Oh, and he is a great guy who leads with a heart of kindness and service... (and is one of my favorite people) Laughter is a mood elevator causing us to release endorphins and encephalins that can even raise our pain threshold. More importantly, humor makes us happy, brings us together, and is a great way to be part of the team and fit in too. Let's face it, a fun workplace is a place most of us prefer to go every day. So my friend JD Gershbein and I have fun digging into this phenomenon during the era of cancel culture. We ask the thought provoking questions and discuss how we improve our work lives through humor as well as the limits that separate good fun and an uplifting workplace from a toxic and inappropriate office. There is a fine line and it matters! We also discuss what being funny means about you and others. We hope you get more than a few laughs as you join in this discussion. Described as a man who defies description, JD Gershbein exemplifies the verve and vision of the social media world. He is that unique blend of scientist and artist, combining the pragmatic with the whimsical to deliver an extraordinary and deeply moving personal brand experience. Oh, and he is a great guy who leads with a heart of kindness and service... (and is one of my favorite people) Please check out JD at his web sites: https://jdgershbein.com/ https://owlishcommunications.com/ You also should follow him on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdgershbein/ He is the original LinkedIn coach as well as a brilliant media and marketing consultant. I've never had a conversation with JD that did not make me better at what I do. Please join in on the conversation by leaving a comment, like, share, & tell 3 friends about the video. We also hope you choose to subscribe to The FangledCast to check out past interviews and be the first to hear new ones. We would love to hear your thoughts. Stream and video Conference Like A Pro Canon EOS M50 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp Canon EOS M6 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp Power Source for camera streaming https://amzn.to/3airBIG Stream Deck https://amzn.to/3ag0TQN Yeti Microphone https://amzn.to/2KsnRtg Green Screen Starter https://amzn.to/38aBeGE LED Light Kit https://amzn.to/34jQ8cl Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini HDMI Live Switcher https://amzn.to/34jtaSO BOOKS WE LOVE 7 Keys to Navigating a Crisis: https://amzn.to/2KvRbz3 Leading Beyond a Crisis https://amzn.to/2IS2els Stop Being the Best Kept Secret https://amzn.to/3gQje8t Selling with a Noble Purpose https://amzn.to/3gUzepG How to Be Successful without Hurting Men's Feelings https://amzn.to/3gQK686 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings https://amzn.to/3ntesjM What Got You Here Won't Get You There https://amzn.to/3r0zisT --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/andrew-deutsch4/support

What are the traits that make up an ideal sales team and how do you coach and mentor them into a force to be reckoned with. Jason is an expert in recruiting, training, coaching, and mentoring sales teams that provide superior performance for their companies. Enjoy our conversation into the ways he makes this a reality for his clients. If you like what you hear, please consider liking, following, and subscribing to the FangledCast for future content. Stream and video Conference Like A Pro Canon EOS M50 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp Canon EOS M6 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp Power Source for camera streaming https://amzn.to/3airBIG Stream Deck https://amzn.to/3ag0TQN Yeti Microphone https://amzn.to/2KsnRtg Green Screen Starter https://amzn.to/38aBeGE LED Light Kit https://amzn.to/34jQ8cl Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini HDMI Live Switcher https://amzn.to/34jtaSO BOOKS WE LOVE 7 Keys to Navigating a Crisis: https://amzn.to/2KvRbz3 Leading Beyond a Crisis https://amzn.to/2IS2els Stop Being the Best Kept Secret https://amzn.to/3gQje8t Selling with a Noble Purpose https://amzn.to/3gUzepG How to Be Successful without Hurting Men's Feelings https://amzn.to/3gQK686 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings https://amzn.to/3ntesjM What Got You Here Won't Get You There https://amzn.to/3r0zisT --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/andrew-deutsch4/support

Join E-Commerce expert Curt and I for an in-depth discussion on the power of engaging your customers with the power to configurate their own version of your products on your we site. Curt Anderson founded an eCommerce company in 1995 that was ranked 3X on the Internet Retailer Magazine Top 1000 eCommerce Companies. Curt is the author of “Stop Being the Best Kept Secret" an eCommerce resource guide for manufacturers. Use the link below to grab your own copy of his brilliant book: Stop Being the Best Kept Secret https://amzn.to/3gQje8t If you like this interview, please like it, subscribe to the FangledCast and tell 3 friends. Stream and video Conference Like A Pro: Canon EOS M50 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp Canon EOS M6 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp Power Source for camera streaming https://amzn.to/3airBIG Stream Deck https://amzn.to/3ag0TQN Yeti Microphone https://amzn.to/2KsnRtg Green Screen Starter https://amzn.to/38aBeGE LED Light Kit https://amzn.to/34jQ8cl Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini HDMI Live Switcher https://amzn.to/34jtaSO BOOKS WE LOVE 7 Keys to Navigating a Crisis: https://amzn.to/2KvRbz3 Leading Beyond a Crisis https://amzn.to/2IS2els Stop Being the Best Kept Secret https://amzn.to/3gQje8t Selling with a Noble Purpose https://amzn.to/3gUzepG How to Be Successful without Hurting Men's Feelings https://amzn.to/3gQK686 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings https://amzn.to/3ntesjM What Got You Here Won't Get You There https://amzn.to/3r0zisT --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/andrew-deutsch4/support

Join in the conversation with my guest Greg Mischio to learn what a digital twin is and how it can help you to boost your ability to grow your company. Imagine being able to replicate yourself in a way to get far more bang for your buck. Greg is a true leader in the realm of social media marketing and content creation. He is the Owner and Founder of Winbound, a marketing agency that provides content marketing for small marketing departments with a focus on manufacturing and industrial verticals. Winbound provides a content + marketing approach, creating content that's mapped to the customer journey and marketing for distribution via search, social and niche-based paid advertising. Winbound's clients have enjoyed double and triple digit increases in traffic and leads. Check out: website https://winbound.com/?utm_medium=guest%20podcast&utm_source=fangled&utm_campaign=digital%20twin digital twin info https://winbound.com/manufacturing-marketing/?utm_medium=guest+podcast&utm_source=fangled&utm_campaign=digital+twin LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregmischio/ Stream and video Conference Like A Pro Canon EOS M50 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp Canon EOS M6 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp Power Source for camera streaming https://amzn.to/3airBIG Stream Deck https://amzn.to/3ag0TQN Yeti Microphone https://amzn.to/2KsnRtg Green Screen Starter https://amzn.to/38aBeGE LED Light Kit https://amzn.to/34jQ8cl Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini HDMI Live Switcher https://amzn.to/34jtaSO BOOKS WE LOVE 7 Keys to Navigating a Crisis: https://amzn.to/2KvRbz3 Leading Beyond a Crisis https://amzn.to/2IS2els Stop Being the Best Kept Secret https://amzn.to/3gQje8t Selling with a Noble Purpose https://amzn.to/3gUzepG How to Be Successful without Hurting Men's Feelings https://amzn.to/3gQK686 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings https://amzn.to/3ntesjM What Got You Here Won't Get You There https://amzn.to/3r0zisT --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/andrew-deutsch4/support

There is a difference between Strategic Marketers and Tactical Marketers. More so, there is also a cast difference between B2B specialists and Consumer specialists. There is real power in building a positive brand and a strategic go-to-market playbook in the industrial space. The days of thinking of marketing as some sell sheets, a magazine add, and trade show is all you need to be a goliath in business are over. IMPORTANT MESSAGE: Your company brand is far more than just the product it makes Please join in the conversation and find ways to re-imagine how strategy is built and implemented turning industrial interests into thriving companies converting every touch into voracious advocates for your brand. You can find Christopher at: linkedin.com/in/christopher-nesbit www.nesbitmarketing.com Stream and Video Conference Like A Pro Canon EOS M50 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp Canon EOS M6 Mark II https://amzn.to/37oexzp Power Source for camera streaming https://amzn.to/3airBIG Stream Deck https://amzn.to/3ag0TQN Yeti Microphone https://amzn.to/2KsnRtg Green Screen Starter https://amzn.to/38aBeGE LED Light Kit https://amzn.to/34jQ8cl Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini HDMI Live Switcher https://amzn.to/34jtaSO BOOKS WE LOVE 7 Keys to Navigating a Crisis: https://amzn.to/2KvRbz3Leading Beyond a Crisis https://amzn.to/2IS2els Stop Being the Best Kept Secret https://amzn.to/3gQje8t Selling with a Noble Purpose https://amzn.to/3gUzepG How to Be Successful without Hurting Men's Feelings https://amzn.to/3gQK686100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings https://amzn.to/3ntesjM What Got You Here Won't Get You There https://amzn.to/3r0zisT --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/andrew-deutsch4/support

Sarah Cooper is a writer, comedian, and now stars in her own Netflix special “Sarah Cooper: Everything’s Fine.” Many might recognize her as the woman who lip syncs Trump on TikTok, but Sarah’s been calling out men’s bravado as a source of humor for years, inspiring her two books “How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings” and “100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings.” Sarah joins Jennifer days before the recent election to talk about how she derives confidence from imitating Trump, why her imposter syndrome always tries to get in the way, and what new projects she’s currently developing. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Sarah Cooper is a writer, comedian, and now stars in her own Netflix special “Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine.” Many might recognize her as the woman who lip syncs Trump on TikTok, but Sarah's been calling out men's bravado as a source of humor for years, inspiring her two books “How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men's Feelings” and “100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings.” Sarah joins Jennifer days before the recent election to talk about how she derives confidence from imitating Trump, why her imposter syndrome always tries to get in the way, and what new projects she's currently developing. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

2020 has been a challenging year by any measure. In this episode, comedian Sarah Cooper ( famous for her lip-sync parodies of President Trump); Grit author Angela Duckworth; and long distance swimmer Diana Nyad share with Hillary their stories of summoning strength, motivation, and humor in the face of obstacles. Sarah Cooper is a standup comedian and author of How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings and 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings. Her Netflix comedy special “Sarah Cooper: Everything’s Fine” comes out on October 27. Angela Duckworth is a research psychologist and author. Her 2016 book Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance was a #1 New York Times bestseller. Diana Nyad is a long-distance swimmer who in 2013, at age 64, succeeded on her fifth attempt to swim over one hundred miles from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage — the first person to have done so. She chronicles that swim in her book Find a Way. You can find more information on her walking and clean water initiatives here. A full transcript is here.

Happy Thanksgiving! In this episode, we give you the best tips on how to appear smart in meetings, discuss how innovation done with the wrong intention can demolish trust and talk about the value of attention. We talk about the sociology of leadership, which has many practical applications-some of which we even share out loud. Additional InfoAppear Smarthttps://medium.com/conquering-corporate-america/10-tricks-to-appear-smart-during-meetings-27b489a39d1a Trust trumps (SMALL T) innovationhttps://hbr.org/2019/07/when-innovation-and-trust-are-at-odds Sociology of leadershiphttps://workinprogress.oowsection.org/2015/10/27/is-there-such-a-thing-as-a-sociology-of-leadership/

Farewelling founder Karen Bussen welcomes former Google UX Designer-turned comedian and best-selling author Sarah Cooper to the show. She shares her views on living a meaningful life and tears up remembering how her grandmother's funeral inspired her. In this episode, Karen serves up deep queries about death, dying, and funerals along with a sparkling side of Laurent Perrier Cuvée Rosé Champagne and chewy granola bars. Sarah answers questions like, "How do I want to be remembered in 100 years?" and "What are three things I'd pack for the afterlife?". They also share a few laughs looking back on some centuries-old wifely gravestone etchings (hint: they're pretty sexist!).Sarah Cooper is the author of "How to Appear Smart in Meetings" and "How to Be Successful without Hurting Men's Feelings". To read more, visit the Farewelling site.Listen to Sarah's Farewelling playlist on Spotify

Hollie Harper is a comedian/actress/writer from Cape May, New Jersey. She’s a co-host of the nationally trending Twitter Storytelling Chat “BlerdDating”. Her popular sketch comedy show AMERICAN CANDY has played the Comic Strip, Gotham Comedy Club, BAM Café as well as the Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival. In January of 2018 Time Out Chicago listed them as one of the 5 sketch groups to watch. Team CANDY is currently shooting a pilot of the show and their informal residency at The Greene Space has them back Sept. 28th. As a standup comedian, she taped her first half hour special last spring that will be on Amazon Prime this winter. And she’s proud to be a festival coordinator for 2020's Black Women in Comedy Festival. Sarah Cooper is a comedian, speaker, and author of bestselling books "How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings" and "100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings". She did not mean to make her book titles rhyme. Sarah co-hosts monthly standup comedy show "You’re So Brave" in NYC and performs and speaks around the world. She built her comedy career in between working for companies like Yahoo! and Google, where she was fed free lunches and lots of material. Judith Fiona Joseph, M.D., M.B.A, is a Board Certified Psychiatrist, with additional expertise in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Family Therapy, in New York City.  Dr. Judith helps people from all stages of development including childhood, adolescence, and adulthood in a collaborative treatment to identify and achieve individual and family goals. Dr. Joseph is a clinical assistant professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at NYU Langone Medical Center. She is a television consultant, career coach and a sport's therapist. You can see her regularly on the Dr. OZ show!  Always hosted by Marina Franklin - One Hour Comedy Special: Single Black Female, Trainwreck, Louie Season V, The Jim Gaffigan Show, Conan O'Brien, Stephen Colbert, HBO's Crashing, and The Breaks with Michelle Wolf.

“Comedians build up the tension so that you can release it.” — Hannah Gadsby After leaving her promising career in the tech industry, first at Yahoo then Google, Sarah Cooper realized she needed something more. Sarah wrote 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings, while at Google and when it went viral, it gave her the confidence to leave the corporate world and break into comedy.  She quickly realized that comedy would act as her guide for finding her own personal mission. Today, we are surrounded by nuances that are hidden beneath the oftentimes suffocating world of “politically correct.” Sarah wanted to stay true to herself on stage and online, so instead of hiding behind these rules, she saw it as her mission to dig up the nuances and present them in a humorous, tasteful way.  In today’s episode, Chad and Sarah discuss why she left Google, where she finds inspiration for her comedy and writing, and how she got her start in stand up comedy. She also shares how she developed her voice and found her niche audience.  — Don’t forget, we have a new partnership with b8ta! B8ta.com gives you access to some of the most innovative and cutting edge consumer tech products. This week, we will be giving away one Qwerky Keyboard and one Muse Brain Sensing Headband. Enter the giveaway for a chance to win! — Mission Daily and all of our podcasts are created with love by our team at Mission.org We own and operate a network of podcasts, and brand story studio designed to accelerate learning. Our clients include companies like Salesforce, Twilio, and Katerra who work with us because we produce results. To learn more and get our case studies, check out Mission.org/Studios. If you’re tired of media and news that promotes fear, uncertainty, and doubt and want an antidote, you’ll want to subscribe to our daily newsletter at Mission.org. When you do, you’ll receive a mission-driven newsletter every morning that will help you start your day off right!

"Sometimes I think about how dudes don’t give a fuck and I’m like, how can I not give a fuck?" - Sarah Cooper   Sarah Cooper is a comedian, speaker, and author of bestselling books How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings and 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings. She did not mean to make her book titles rhyme. Sarah co-hosts monthly standup comedy show You’re So Brave in NYC and performs and speaks around the world. She built her comedy career in between working for companies like Yahoo! and Google, where she was fed free lunches and lots of material. Click to get your copies of Sarah's books How to Be Successful Without Hurt Men's Feelings and 100 Tricks to Appear Smarter in Meetings. Connect with Sarah on her website, Instagram or Twitter.  Find Sarah's cartoons at The Cooper Review.    Sarah's book recommendation: The Language of Letting Go: Daily Meditations for Codependents by Melody Beattie   -- Website: http://www.feministbookclub.com Instagram: @feministbookclubbox Twitter: @fmnstbookclub Facebook: /feministbookclubbox Email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dINNkn   -- Logo and web design by Shatterboxx  Original music by @onyxrose.music Transcript for this episode: bit.ly/FBCtranscript25   Get $5 off your Feminist Book Club Box with the code PODCAST at feministbookclub.com/shop.  

Continuing our behind-the-scenes miniseries, we talk to Sarah Cooper: comedian, writer, author of the books 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings and the new one, How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men's Feelings. We dive into how a standup comedy act takes shape, what gets changed over time, and what we can learn about creating consistently great work from standups. -- Interested in the craft of creating original series? (Podcasts, video shows, documentaries and more). Explore my new educational venture, Marketing Showrunners, advancing the craft of marketers making shows to build passionate audiences. Subscribers from teams like Red Bull, Zendesk, Wells Fargo, Accenture, Zapier, Pacific Content, Shopify, and more: www.marketingshowrunners.com You can also explore my keynote speaking for your next event or company meeting: http://jayacunzo.com

Sarah Cooper is one of the few comedians I know who also has worked in corporate America. Now, focused on comedy she does corporate gigs and writes books ("100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings" and "How To Be Successful Without Hurting Men's Feelings"). We sit down to talk about her transition, surviving corporate life and growing up Jamaican in America. #YouGoodieMob Tell a friend and thanks for listening. Follow @sarahcpr @YoMikeBrown @YouGoodPod Music by @PVDmusic

This week is full of all kinds of tips. We have reviews for Mens Ask Me About My Ninja Disguise Flip Tshirt Funny Karate Costume Samurai Tee and 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings: How to Get By Without Even Trying. We also talk about mouth taping.

This week is full of all kinds of tips. We have reviews for Mens Ask Me About My Ninja Disguise Flip Tshirt Funny Karate Costume Samurai Tee and 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings: How to Get By Without Even Trying. We also talk about mouth taping.

Sarah Cooper spent a decade working in tech at companies like Yahoo! and Google when she stopped it all to focus on comedy! Since then she's become a best selling author, comedian, writer, speaker and general trash-talker. Her book "100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings" is fantastic and her new book "How to Be Successful without Hurting Men's Feelings" has some amazing 1-star reviews from people who have no humor in their lives. http://sarahcpr.com/books/

How do you decide when to take a huge leap in your career? What happens when your therapist thinks leaving your cushy tech job is a terrible idea—but you do it anyway? Googler-turned-comedian Sarah Cooper joins us to talk about writing satire, redefining success, and making men mad along the way. Sarah’s latest book is called How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings: Non-Threatening Leadership Strategies for Women, and it’s out today (we got a preview copy, and it’s so great). She also runs The Cooper Review, a wildly popular satirical blog about business culture, and in 2016, her first book, 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings, was a bestseller. We love Sarah because she’s funny as hell, and also incredibly open about what it’s like to trade a career in tech for the sometimes lonely—but also wildly satisfying—world of comedy. > I have so many outlets to discover myself and who I really am, which is something that I think is just really important for a life, you know? To know you left everything on the table and you told every story that you wanted to tell and you let everyone know who you are—and you didn’t leave this world without telling everybody that. > > —Sarah Cooper, comedian and author of How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings She tells us about: Leaving a career at Google to perform standup and write satire all day What happens when people think your satire is serious How being a Jamaican immigrant taught her to observe people so she could fit in The pros and cons of being a “people-pleaser”—and how to let go of that when it stops serving you How keeping a “best self journal” helps her stay focused while working alone Also in this episode Sara and Katel talk about the big career choices they’ve made, and how they’ve built structures and support systems to make those careers work for them. Deets: Sara celebrates seven whole years without a traditional “jobby-job,” and thinks back on Cindy Gallop’s advice that working for yourself is the least risky thing you can do Katel tells us why she took a pay cut to run A Book Apart—and how she handles the lonely parts of working, well, alone We both definitely wear fancy blazers at all times > I remember being so excited to work with a much smaller team and fewer people… I was like, “oh my gosh, this is going to be so great, it’s going to be just a few people, it’s going to be really nimble.” And then I realized that most of the time it was really just going to be me working kind of by myself. And it was a lot harder than I expected because there was essentially no structure unless I made it, and it took me at least a good year to kind of figure out how I was going to work, how I was going to be productive, whether I even liked that way of working enough to keep doing it. > > — Katel on trading corporate life for running an indie publishing company Plus: Our friends at Harvest want to make sure you know about Graywolf Press and 826 National. Fuck yeah for rock ‘n’ roll, women musicians, mental health, and our fave live show in fooooorever: Courtney Barnett. Sponsors This episode of NYG is brought to you by: Shopify, a leading global commerce platform that’s building a world-class team to define the future of entrepreneurship. Visit shopify.com/careers for more. Harvest, makers of awesome software to help you track your time, manage your projects, and get paid. Try it free, then use code NOYOUGO to get 50% off your first paid month. Transcript Sara Wachter-Boettcher [Ad spot] Thanks for Harvest to being our sponsor today—and for making awesome project management and time tracking tools that I rely on to keep my business running. I think you’ll love them too. They offer all kinds of reports that help you shine a light on the health of your projects, and they make it easy to track invoices and payments. Try it free at getharvest.com, and when you sign up for a paid account, you can use the code “noyougo” to save 50% off your first month. That’s getharvest.com, offer code “noyougo.” [intro music plays for 12 seconds] SWB Hey everyone, I’m Sara! Katel LeDû And I’m Katel. SWB And you’re listening to No, You Go, the show about building satisfying careers and businesses— KL —getting free of toxic bullshit— SWB —and living your best feminist life at work. KL “How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings” is the title of our new favorite book, and it’s out today. It’s written by our guest, Sarah Cooper, and we are so pumped to talk with her today. Okay, along with some extremely funny, satirical advice for getting by in the workforce, Sarah gets real about why she wrote the book, and what happens when people don’t understand that it’s satire. And how she managed a massive change in her own work life, going from being a manager at Google to a full-time comedian and writer. SWB Yes, I was super interested in that, and I was hoping we could talk more about that transition piece. Because companies like Google are so designed to really keep you there in a lot of ways, right? You don’t just get fed at work, you also get dry cleaning and haircuts. KL So weird. SWB It’s super weird. [KL laughs] But they’re very—you know—once you’re in them, they can be very cushy places to be— KL Yeah. SWB —and they also oftentimes will feel like you’re doing exciting work, and you’re paid really well, and so there’s a lot of stuff that kind of keeps people there. I have a friend who recently mentioned that—you know—she’s been at Google a long time and the idea of leaving is really hard for her. So, it’s interesting to hear Sarah talk about leaving somewhere like Google to do something that was so uncertain and so risky, right? Like a career in comedy and writing? That’s such a dramatic pivot. KL Yeah, I know. It is—it’s so fascinating and I loved listening to her story. But, Sara, you’ve been working for yourself for as long as I’ve known you, but that wasn’t always the case. That hasn’t been your whole career, you made a big moving from working at a traditional—you know—jobby-job to go out on your own in 2011, right? SWB Yeah, actually October has been my seven-year working-for-myself anniversary! KL Congrats! [2:27] SWB Thank you. It has been pretty great for me. I think that it’s definitely something that has suited me. But—you know—what’s really different about it compared to somebody like Sarah is that I don’t feel like I’ve taken such massive shifts. I feel like my changes have been a little more bit by bit over time. I wasn’t in a big, fancy, fully catered office with free haircuts and massages; [KL laughs] I was working at an agency with 40 people, which means I was working a lot with clients. And so my shift from working with clients at an agency to working for myself with clients was smaller. And the kind of work was similar. But I do think that over the past seven years, I’ve made more and more of those little incremental shifts, or kind of mini-pivots or whatever you want to call them, where I do feel like at this point my work has evolved so much—both in the kinds of clients I work with, the complexity of the projects, I definitely charge more [KL laughs]—lots of—lots of good stuff. KL [laughing] Yep! SWB But also just the makeup of my days. My day is not mostly clients, it’s—maybe that’s a third of my time. And a lot of my time is spent on things like speaking at events, writing books, doing workshops and more facilitation versus sitting down and doing the work for clients. And—you know—also running this podcast, which does take a bunch of time. And maybe someday we’ll make a bunch of money. And so I feel like on the one hand, I have quote-unquote the same business I had seven years ago, and then on the other hand, on a day-to-day basis it looks really different. And my goals have changed too. That’s one of the things I think is really interesting talking to somebody like Sarah is hearing a really different perspective on leaving a traditional kind of job and moving into something else. KL Yeah, completely. And I mean to me, and I think a lot of people, the idea of going solo and leaving the perceived—you know—quote unquote safety of a traditional job, has seemed kind of scary. I mean, when you initially did that, what did that sort of first leap look like? Did you do anything specific to prepare—you know—financially, [laughs] emotionally, mentally? SWB Yeah, so—you know—I think about something Cindy Gallop said to us in her interview a couple of episodes ago where she said that in—in a lot of ways, relying on another company to take care of you is the riskiest thing you can do, and that relying on yourself, in some ways, is less risky. And I think that that was something I kind of had come to on my own back then, because I felt like the company I was at—you know—didn’t value me for the reasons that I wanted to be valued. I mean I think that they did try to value me because I was doing a lot for them and they did recognize that, but it wasn’t in the way that I wanted and it wasn’t for the kind of work I wanted necessarily. And so I felt like looking out for myself was in some ways going to be better for me. What I did, though, to prepare for leaving, I did—you know—I had some savings, which was great. At the time, one of the things that was really helpful was that my expenses were very low. My husband was in graduate school, which means that he made almost no money. He was a teaching assistant while he was in graduate school, so he had a very small stipend. So it wasn’t as if I could rely on his income, but what it did mean is that we had chosen to rent a little mini-house behind a house in a neighborhood that was affordable near the university. And so we had a low rent and we didn’t have a lot of financial commitments—we didn’t have kids, we didn’t have new cars with payments or anything like that, because we had been kind of set up to live a lifestyle that made sense for a graduate student, even though I had a real job with a substantial income. So, that made it so that the—it wasn’t that I had this huge—you know—amount of financial cushion, but it did mean that the amount of money I needed to not get evicted and to keep the lights on wasn’t that high. So, one of the things that I did was I set some goals around finances. I really wanted to—I wanted to meet or exceed the income I had been making at the agency, not just because I wanted to have the same amount of money, but also because I wanted to feel like it was a way of proving to myself and maybe to the world that what I wanted to do was a real and legitimate thing that was worth paying for, and that I didn’t have to do it on somebody else’s terms. But I also thought about, “what is the minimum amount of money that I need on a monthly basis to not have life fall apart?” And when I realized that it just wasn’t that much, I thought, you know, I can scrape that together. If things are lean here and there, I can scrape that together. And that gave me a lot of confidence, so that was helpful. The other thing that I did is I knew that the company I was leaving really relied on me and so—they were going through a time of flux also, so I knew that they could really use my help for longer. So, what I did was I proposed to them that I would contract with them for a couple of months—I think three months or so I contracted with them—and so that gave me some time to kind of wean off of having that salary. And it gave them some time to get over me leaving and to have a—you know—different plan in place. And during that time I had that consistent money coming in from them, I did more of that reaching out to people in my network. And I knew people who worked at different agencies or different companies who I had maybe worked with in the past, and so they knew that it was helpful to work with somebody like me. And none of their companies had content strategy teams at the time, and so they would often bring me in and I was like the first content strategist they’d worked with on a project [laughing]. All of them now have whole content strategy departments, so I feel like they’ve kind of gotten the memo—and I don’t want to take sole credit for that by any means, that’s something that’s sort of shifted in a lot of people’s industries in general. But I think what that was really helpful, too, was that I looked at, “who do I know who is out there working in other companies I’d like to work with who has experience and can speak to the fact that if you have somebody with this skillset working on a project, you can do much better work, you can get things done much more effectively?” [8:12] KL Yeah. That’s so smart that you did that. And just when you think about leaving something and trying something new, it’s—you know—I think you are focused on, what does that actual moment look like when I stop doing the old thing and start doing the new thing? And the smart thing is to actually do a lot of prep work before that and kind of take stock of where you’re working, who you’re working with, and figure out where those avenues can lead to, where they can develop into something for your new project and, I don’t know, I think that… you know, that’s really helpful to hear. SWB Yeah, I mean I don’t know that I was that planned about it, [laughs & KL laughs] but I definitely did try to do that. And I also—I’m trying to be, you know, pretty honest about some of the financial pieces of it. Because I talk to people who are often, you know, wanting to take a risk like this and the risks for them might look totally different. And I never want to, you know, lie about that, or make it seem like that’s not a big financial risk. I didn’t—like I said—I didn’t have this big cushion, but I did have relatively low risk at the time, and that’s not going to be true if somebody has, let’s say, small kids at home, or already has a mortgage, and all of your calculations have to look different. And I think that one of the things that I hear a lot of is this sort of idea that, “just jump in, do what you love, take the leap!” without talking about how often people who do that successfully had like—I don’t know—family money or a spouse with a high, stable income or whatever, right? All of these other things that made that possible for them. And so I just think it’s a disservice to not be honest about those things. KL Yeah, it totally is. And I’ve talked about this before—I took a pay cut when I left National Geographic to come to A Book Apart, and I wouldn’t have been able to do that if I hadn’t already been established in my career, if I hadn’t already—you know—moved up the management ladder and was making a certain salary that had allowed me to save. I was also partnered with someone who had a full-time job and who we had a little bit of a buffer, so I could do that and make a change. SWB So, what was it about that opportunity at A Book Apart that made you want it so badly you were willing to take a pay cut for it? Because working at a small company, it is riskier—you know—you said you got paid substantially less, there are not fancy offices, there are no free haircuts at A Book Apart. [10:38] KL [laughing] No, not yet. SWB What made that feel worth it for you? KL I mean, I knew it was going to be a huge opportunity and—you know—I was looking for a new challenge and that it certainly was. I knew I was going to be able to work with a whole new community of people and, you know, people doing work that I really admired and that I really wanted to be involved in. And I knew I’d be able to grow in a way that I hadn’t really been able to grow before. I was going to be able to grow my skill set, which was exciting, but also scary. SWB What do you mean? What were some of the things that you feel like you saw in that role that you were like “ooh yeah, I want to be able to do that”? KL I saw a chance to be a part of building something that was more or less kind of in its—you know—beginning phases. And that was super exciting. But there was also an opening to basically develop the role as I grew into it, and I’d never experienced that before. You know, I think I’d always gone into a job being like, “here is the list of responsibilities and this is more or less it.” It’s cut and dry. And this was an opportunity that I hadn’t had before where I was making it what it was, which was super cool. SWB So, was that ever hard though? Because I think one of the big shifts there you’re describing is going from a pretty structured environment to a really unstructured environment without, you know, having like, “here’s the boundaries of what your job is and here’s, you know, who is on your team.” And you don’t have a set of colleagues that work full-time with you, it’s like people juggling multiple kind of side gigs, and A Book Apart is often one of their side gigs. Was that hard? KL Yeah! I remember being so excited to work with a much smaller team and fewer people, because I think I was so used to working with such large teams and so many people that it felt like it was hard to really move things forward. So all of a sudden I was like, “oh my gosh, this is going to be so great, it’s going to be—you know—just a few people, it’s going to be really nimble.” And then I realized that most of the time it was really just going to be me [SWB laughs] working kind of by myself. And it was a lot harder than I expected because there was essentially no structure unless I made it, and it took me at least a good year to kind of figure out how I was going to work, how I was going to be productive, whether I even liked that way of working enough to keep doing it. And I think now it would be really hard for me to go back to a traditional office environment at least. I mean, I have a friend who has been freelancing for almost five years and they’re just realizing that it does not work for them. They need—they are realizing that they need to go to a place and do the work and then leave that place. And I very much understand that. [13:23] SWB Totally, yeah. I can relate to that feeling, but I’ve never quite sunk into it. I guess I’ve had moments where I feel like that, and then I’m like, “no, okay, I need to add some structure, I need to shift how I, you know, how I do things.” You know like people who talk about how they need to get dressed for the day or whatever before they start work? I’m not one of those people, but there are things that—you know—that I think about. I don’t do client work at nights or on the weekends. I do end up doing work at night or on the weekends, if I’m going to be honest with you. People sometimes ask me, “how do you do all the things that you do?” And I’m like, “I like to work and I don’t mind doing it in the odd hours.” But I don’t do client work then. I work on the podcast maybe. KL Right. SWB But to me, setting some of those boundaries like not doing client work and not replying to client emails late—that’s important and that’s something where I feel like it keeps it on my terms. KL Yeah, totally. It’s like you sort of—you have to have a little bit of a sense of office hours for there to be some kind of structure. Even if it’s only in your head and—because people, a lot of people don’t know that you aren’t—in a quote, unquote office every day doing that work. SWB I’m in a very fancy office at all times. [KL laughs] KL You are. SWB And I am definitely dressed up in a very fancy business outfit and I’m wearing a blazer. KL At all times. SWB At all times. KL Yeah. SWB Literally always. [KL laughs] KL I mean, I think about that idea of sort of working from wherever and at first again, how that idea was so exciting, but how it can become such a slippery slope. For example, on one hand I was able to plan and host that bachelorette weekend that we talked about a little while back because I could handle all the logistics leading up to it—you know—in and around my daily schedule. But when the weekend came, I also worked a little during that weekend because I could and I had a lot I need and want to get done. And to your point, it’s sort of like I love a lot of the work that I do and that’s—that’s okay, that’s part of my life, but I do need to remember that I want to set some boundaries. So, it’s great to have a lot of flexibility and freedom, as long as you kind of keep an eye on where the lines are. [15:30] SWB Yeah! And I let myself redraw the lines. They don’t have to be consistent all the time. But to always be thinking about “okay, I am redrawing this line right now and doing a lot of work stuff during a different—a weird time, but that might not be forever, I don’t want that being normal.” I like it though. You know, I get to do things like add a few days of vacation time when I’m taking a business trip, right? So, I go to the West Coast to go to a conference and I tack on a few days and I go see my nieces in Oregon. That’s awesome, I love being able to do that and I just have to juggle other things around it, right? I don’t have to take PTO, I don’t have to budget for it that way, I just have to juggle everything else around. I also love that I can do things like schedule appointments or run errands at like 2pm on a Tuesday and that again, I just have to be able to juggle everything else around it, which is why sometimes—you know—I do stuff in the evening that I would otherwise get done during the work day, but it means that I was able to do stuff during the work day that otherwise would be a nightmare like going to IKEA on a weekend! KL [laughing] Yes! SWB You know? And I feel like those are good tradeoffs for me, but I always want to take stock of what those things are. KL Yeah. Something Sarah mentioned was that work can be lonely. Were you lonely at first when you started this—you know—this endeavor, what you’re doing now? Or do you get lonely now ever? SWB So, I don’t tend to get lonely most of the time. Sometimes in small moments, but never in a bigger way. And I think one of the reasons for that is that I know that I’m pretty social and early on, I connected with a lot of people who were doing some of the same stuff that I did. So I remember in 2011 when I first left my job, a friend started a really small little Google group for people who were doing freelance or consultancy type work in content strategy. And it was only five or six people—eight people, I can’t remember. But that was really helpful at the beginning where I felt like “oh okay, I can chat with people who are sort of facing some of the same stuff as me or I can ask questions—what do your contracts even look like? What am I doing? What’s going on?” Very basic questions. [laughs] And that group kind of petered out—sometimes those kinds of groups peter out, but it was valuable to me in the moment. And then in 2013, I helped plan a little retreat with fifteen or twenty people running small consultancies and we came out of that and started a Slack group a little while later—I think actually a year later we turned it into a Slack group—and that’s still going and that’s—it’s a place I can bounce ideas off of, ask questions. And it’s also people I just really trust, which has been helpful. The other thing that I think has really prevented me from being lonely is that I do partner with people on projects a lot and I partner with you on a ton of stuff now, Katel. So, one thing that I’ve noticed is that I don’t work on A Book Apart and you don’t work on my client projects or come with me when I speak at conferences usually, but I feel like I have kind of a work partner where you kind of know what’s going on with my work and I know what’s going on with your work and we have enough work we’re doing together that—I don’t know—it feels like a colleague! [18:29] KL Ahhh, I love that so much! I agree, I feel the same way and it’s been such a cool thing to have developed where it’s like all of a sudden if we want to have a co-working day, we could do that. SWB Totally! Plus we get to talk to so many fucking awesome people together, which is something that I really, really love. So, why don’t we do that? KL Let’s do it. [music fades in, plays for five seconds, and fades out] Sponsor: Harvest KL [Ad spot] So, before we talk to Sarah, we’ve got to talk about something actually pretty related to her work—reading, writing, and creativity. Our friends at Harvest told us those things are super important to them, especially when it comes to making sure more diverse voices have a chance to share their ideas. So, Harvest has pledged to spend 4% of its profits each year to causes that help more people from all backgrounds read, write, and get creative. Two groups they support that you might want to check out are 826 National, which supports seven writing and tutoring centers for youth across the country, helping them write with confidence and originality. Check them out at 826national.org. And Graywolf Press, a nonprofit literary publisher that champions books from underrepresented voices. They’re at graywolfpress.org. SWB I love this so much because I think about all the incredible writers we’ve had on the show so far. Like Sarah, of course, you’re going to hear from her in just a second, or Keah Brown from last week, or Nichole Chung a few weeks ago. And then, of course, Carmen Maria Machado back in the spring—you know—her book was actually published by Graywolf Press! And I think about how—you know—the world just needs more writers like them and organizations like 826 and Graywolf are really crucial to making that happen. So I love that we’re able to spotlight them and—you know—writing and creativity are so important for everyone. So, even if you’re not going to be a capital-W writer, Harvest has noted that as a remote company with people in a lot of different time zones, they rely on written words to get things done and collaborate and that reading and writing skills make it possible for them to do that and make them successful. So, they want to support more people in gaining them and so do we. So thanks, Harvest, for caring about literacy and creativity and check out 826 National and Graywolf Press for more. [music fades in, plays for five seconds, and fades out] Interview: Sarah Cooper SWB Sarah Cooper is a comedian, writer, and self-proclaimed trash-talker based in New York City. She runs thecooperreview.com, a wildly popular satirical blog about business culture, and her first book, 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings, was a bestseller. Now she has a new book. It’s called How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings and I am laugh-crying already. Sarah, welcome to No, You Go. [21:02] Sarah Cooper Thank you so much. SWB So, Sarah, we were reading your new book—Katel and I were actually just talking about it—and we really were laugh-crying. In chapter one, already I was losing it. I was reading the section where you—you started having all these illustrations of hairstyles to avoid and let me just describe this for readers who haven’t been able to read the book yet. It’s this illustration series where it’s like okay—long, flowing hair is too sexy and then there’s the hair that’s up in a bun is too boring, there’s the hair that’s too old, and then the last two are where I just lost it. It’s the one that’s like “too black”—natural hair, right? And then “way too black,” which is braids. Okay, so the book is full of illustrations like this and activities and basically advice for women to be successful, but don’t be too successful. How did you get to this place where you decided to write a satirical book of “non-threatening leadership strategies for women”? SC Well, it started as a blog post called “9 Non-Threatening Leadership Strategies for Women” and I wrote it two years ago—and it was sort of based on my experience kind of making myself more passive and trying to be more pleasing in the office and sort of getting called out on being a little too aggressive with my opinions and seeing other women get called out on the same things. And so this idea of being threatening when, in fact, we’re actually just being direct or straightforward or saying the same thing that a man would say made me think it would—it’s kind of like the perfect thing for satire where you’re trying to tell women “this is how you be less threatening,” but really the way you were going to act in the first place was already not threatening. So, that led to that first comic, which I almost didn’t publish because I have a group of friends and family that I sort of run things by before I publish anything. And I did get the feedback that this might be construed as offensive and people might take it too seriously and I might see [laughs]—I might be seen as someone who is anti-woman for giving this advice. And so, I really worked on it to try and make it as obvious as possible that it was a joke, so the advice sort of gets more silly towards the end of the post where the very last thing is “wear a mustache so that people will think you are a man and that way you won’t even have to be less threatening.” After that, I published it and it just sort of went viral in the same way that “10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings” went viral and really hit a nerve and people still did think that I was serious and didn’t realize that I was not actually telling people to put on a fake mustache. But I think a lot of people just sort of saw themselves in a lot of the advice. And so that was kind of the initial spark of the idea for this book and I started writing a different book actually, last year—and I wasn’t going to write this book, especially after the election. I thought that there was just a sense of hopelessness that all women sort of felt and I didn’t know if there was a way to create something that would be funny, but also kind of not dismissive of how women were feeling. And so it—it did take me a little while to figure out how I could do it and I think what happened was I started to get angry and I think—you know—women started to go from sad to pissed and I think when I became pissed I was like, “you know what? This ridiculous. We have all of these rules everyone is trying to tell us to follow, they’re contradictory and we actually can’t win because no matter what we do, it’s not good enough and it’s not right.” And I think that that was especially how I felt with Hillary Clinton’s campaign. It was like she didn’t smile too much or she smiled too much or she was “too prepared,” I think was something that someone said, which just made me so livid. I was like, “wait a second. [laughs] If you’re too prepared, that’s not good enough?” So, it just got me so frustrated and so that’s when I was like, “you know what? I can make fun of this and I can kind of do it in a way that’s funny, but also kind of speak to how frustrating a lot of these rules are and this situation is and a lot of how women are feeling in the workplace in terms of how we should present ourselves when really we just want to be ourselves without being judged for all of these little things. [25:28] SWB Yes. I mean, there is so much kind of what I would say is shitty advice for women at work that is basically giving them these pointers for how to like “hey, here are some tips to suppress how you really feel all the time and act more like a man,” right? That’s kind of what they boil down to— SC Yeah. SWB —and so it’s interesting that you had that much of a problem of people not realizing what you were doing was satire. It seems very obvious to me. SC [laughs] Well, I think some women were like, “you know what? I’’—they are actually on my side without realizing that they’re on my side. I think that’s the funniest part because they’ll be like, “you shouldn’t be telling women to do this, women should just act the way that they want to act and if men are offended, then screw them.” And I’m like, “yeah, exactly, that’s the point of what I’m trying to say, [KL & SWB laugh] thank you for pointing that out.” So it’s more people not—you know—it’s more people that are kind of on my side that just kind of don’t realize that I’m not actually telling people to act like this, I’m saying that we shouldn’t be telling people to act like this and that’s kind of a running thread throughout a lot of the stuff that I do—it’s bad advice. Don’t take my advice, do the opposite of the thing that I’m telling you to do and that’s a—a lot of what this is as well. But yeah, people still take it seriously and I’ve got to laugh sometimes at that. SWB So, I’m curious—you’ve touched on this a little bit. Do you ever find yourself feeling frustrated or getting into some awkward space where you’re trying to write comedy about actual awful things that happen to real women all the time? Does that ever sort of get you down? Or does it feel like a positive outlet for you? I guess at some level it must since you [laughing] are writing a lot of comedy about it! SC [laughs] You know what? When you take something seriously and it feels kind of sacred, you are like “I don’t want to make fun of that because I really feel strongly about that” and so it did feel like a bit of a stretch and that’s why I wasn’t going to write it at first. And then especially with the harassment chapter—that chapter almost didn’t make it in there just because I—but it had to because then I was so angry about all of these things that women have to deal with. This idea that if we get harassed by someone who is a high performer and is a really incredible contributor to the company, that somehow makes it so that they can’t do anything about it because they need that person. [laughs] It’s just this idea that companies—a lot of companies—don’t seem to care about how they’re getting to their goals, they just care that they get to their goals and so they—there’s a lot of people who kind of get trampled on in that process. And so I think that what ends up happening is I’m a little scared to make fun of something or it’s a little bit too raw to make fun of it, but then the sort of frustration makes it so that I can’t help but make fun of it because I really, really need to point this out and I really—this is just something that I really want to say about it. [28:14] SWB So, I know that a lot of your work sort of stemmed from your experience in kind of a past life working at Google for a number of years, kind of working in the tech industry. You’ve said that it has given you plenty of material, and I’m wondering if we can go back to that a bit. Can you tell us a little bit about sort of both how you got started in comedy and in tech and how the two kind of intertwined? SC Yeah, it’s kind of a messy story. I always wanted to do something with performance and theatre and acting, and I kind of did it on and off while I was working. And I found stand-up because I wanted to be a better actress, and I kind of wanted to be more myself on stage and on camera. And so I decided to just get on stage at an open mic. And I drank a lot and got very drunk and got up on stage and told this story about dating and it was—it was very nerve-racking. But then I got up there and I felt very comfortable and I realized that I really liked writing for myself and I really liked being myself more than pretending to be—a character? That’s kind of—that was something that I was doing sort of in between working for Yahoo and Google and then I continued to do stand-up while I was working at Google and I would get my coworkers to come to my shows and I started to write a little bit more about what it was like to work with them and sort of making fun of the software engineers there and they—you know—loved that. They’re some of the funniest people I’ve ever met. I didn’t really realize that there was this sort of opening for satire in the corporate world before I wrote “10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings,” which is really based on observation from sitting in meetings and—while I was supposed to be paying attention and contributing, I was making observations about what my coworkers were doing and especially the things that people were doing to make it seem like they knew what they were talking about when really most people weren’t paying attention at all. And I just always found it fascinating that certain people were seen as the smart ones. To me, almost everything is a sort of performance. And it’s also… I’m an immigrant. I was born in Jamaica. And so I think I’ve always kind of been like, “well, what’s the thing that I can do in this situation to make it look like I can fit in here and I’m part of it?” And so I was always sort of watching. And so I think a lot of it was just I really like observing all of those things and the first time I put that together was in “10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings” and it really just resonated with people and that’s kind of what started my writing career that—as it is right now because that took off so much that I ended up leaving Google and—and writing my first book about it. [31:02] SWB Yeah, I think from that original post my favorite tip was maybe number six, which was “ask ‘will this scale?’ no matter what.” [KL laughs] SC Yeah. SWB Because, obviously, that’s the kind of thing I’ve heard a lot and it’s the kind of thing that is just said when you don’t know what else to say. And I think that that’s something that you really pinpointed so well is the way that people will sort of come up with these so called smart, insightful questions that are really just stock questions that they use to sound like they know what they’re talking about. SC Yeah. SWB Something that I want to touch on though—that you mentioned a minute ago that I think is really interesting, is you mentioned sort of being an immigrant and moving to this country from Jamaica and feeling like that gave you more of a sense of observing what other people are doing and figuring out what is the norm here. Sounds like maybe from a young age you became really attuned to needing to code switch and sort of trained yourself to always be identifying what the code is that’s happening, so you can flip on your “okay, I’m working at Google now” script and kind of blend. Is that something you feel like is a strong piece of your experience? SC That’s funny, I’ve never thought of it as code switching, I’ve always thought of it as people pleasing. [laughs] I’ve always been a huge just people pleaser, which is part of myself that I absolutely hate and I did it with—you know—sort of my parents, I did it with my friends, and I did it at work. I did it in relationships. And it took me a long time to realize that a lot of times I was doing and saying things that I didn’t actually think or feel just because I thought that’s what was wanted or needed by other people in that situation. So yeah, I mean I think that I developed that from a very young age. I have [laughs]—I have this memory of being very young, and I couldn’t read yet, and I was sitting at a breakfast table with my dad and he was reading the paper and he got to the comics section and he slides me the comics section and he says, “read this, it’s funny, you’ll laugh.” And he didn’t realize that I couldn’t read yet. And so I didn’t want to say, “Dad, I can’t read” [laughs] so [KL & SWB laugh] I looked at the comics and I just started laughing—I just started pretending to enjoy myself so that my dad would think that I was doing what he wanted me to do. And I feel like that was my earliest memory of just being like, “oh, they think that I should do this, so I’ll do this”—you know? But it took a long time for me to step outside myself and realize I don’t have to do that. I can say and do what I feel. [33:31] SWB And so I’m curious—as you were sort of starting your career working in tech and sort of going in with that people pleaser mentality, what was that experience like for you? SC Very successful, I have to say. I joined Google and was within a few years promoted to manage the team. And I did very well there, people loved working with me, [laughs] people loved having me in their meetings. You know, I think people pleasing is—it will get you to middle management. I don’t know if it will get you to be like a VP, but definitely as a woman especially, if you’re a people pleaser, I think that it can get you pretty far. The only thing is, you’re going to get something that you might not want, which is what I had. [laughs] You know, I became a manager and I was in a lot of meetings and I think that’s when I started to realize that I wasn’t being as creative as I wanted to be, so I guess it was kind of a blessing in disguise that I came to a point where I was more passionate about writing and stand-up and all the things I was doing outside of work than I was about the things I was doing at work. But I just find it fascinating how—you know—there’s so much imitation going on in the corporate world. I mean, that’s what people are doing in terms of how they figure out “well, this is how I need to get ahead, I need to—obviously this VP is talking so passionately about this product and all these features, and so I need to talk passionately about all these products and all these features.” Now, that VP might actually be feeling those things, but then the middle manager is just sort of imitating that passion. And so, I think that that to me was a lot of the things that I was doing as well. And it’s just kind of a strange situation, because they’re like, “oh, you have to be authentic—you know—you have to be really yourself,” but then a lot of it is just a performance in a lot of ways. SWB You mentioned how much of a people pleaser you always were, but it seems like almost flipping when you started writing the satirical posts because they’re fundamentally making waves. And I’m wondering if that was ever sort of a scary decision for you to make. SC It was. I mean, even as innocuous as “10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings” was, I was so scared to post it because I didn’t want my coworkers to think I was making fun of them, because I was making fun of them. And I didn’t know if they would read it and I would ruin some relationships. So, that was really scary, but then a crazy thing happened. It came out, everybody read it, everybody loved it, they all started asking me if they could be featured in my next posts and they do this thing in a meeting and maybe that’s another trick I could put in there. And so that was kind of the first stepping stone of like “oh, this is okay!” And I will say that comedy for me definitely is sort of a defense mechanism. I can kind of hide behind the satire of it a little bit in order to say what I really feel. I feel like this is part of my growth is to say it in a satirical funny way, and then kind of get up the courage to say what I really feel and what I really think and be really committed to that. But it is really scary to put myself out there even a little bit, and even setting up a newsletter and sending out emails, and even when I had just forty people, I felt terrified to just send out my newsletter. It was just—it took a long time, but it’s been really great. You know, I think it’s been exactly what I needed in order to become more of who I am instead of this person that I think everyone wants me to be. [37:08] SWB I’m curious too, you talked about your newsletter. We mentioned at the top of the show The Cooper Review, which is the satirical blog that you run and I’m curious how and when did that get started and how did that build its audience? SC So, I posted “10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings” on Medium at first because I didn’t have a blog. And then when it got—it was starting to get millions of views, I was like, “wait a second, I should be getting some of that traffic,” so I created thecooperreview.com about—I want to say—a month or so, or maybe six to eight weeks after that blog post came out. And then I started using the post on Medium to sort of drive people to my website and get people to sign up for my newsletter and started to grow my audience that way. SWB And so you also mentioned a lot about feeling a lot of fear about posting it and then getting a lot of positive feedback, but did you also get negative feedback? Have you received much criticism or, you know, trolls or kind of angry folks? SC Not from my coworkers, but from—yeah, random strangers. People get very angry, especially on LinkedIn [laughs] when you think that you’re trying to tell people how to—how to look smart in meetings because they take their meetings very seriously. So, I get people saying, “well, you shouldn’t—you shouldn’t try to look smart, you should just be smart” and I’m like “okay, thank you.” [SWB laughs] Yeah, so that’s kind of funny, but then I also get—you know—I wrote a post about gaslighting, which also made it to the book as well, and I got a woman who wrote to me and said that her boss did this to her and it was very painful and—and how she usually finds my things very funny, but this was just very painful for her and she didn’t appreciate it. She didn’t think it was great for me to write this. And I was very sensitive to that, so I wrote her back and said “you know, part of the reason that I write this stuff is because I want people to be more aware of it and I think that—you know—like G.I. Joe says, “knowing is half the battle.” And so when you are aware that these things are happening, then you can do something about it, then you can say, “hey, this is what’s happening. I’m not crazy, you’re making me feel like I’m crazy.” And she wrote back and it was really nice. She was like, “yeah, that is true, that is a good point. If I had known that that was what was happening at the time, that might have helped me.” So, I have situations like that, I have, I’ve gotten some hate mail about this book. It’s not even out yet, no one can read it yet, but just the title is making people upset. A man wrote and said he would definitely not be buying my book [laughs] because it was offensive to men. It’s really, really funny actually. The subject of the email is “blatant sexism.” It says, “I won’t be buying your How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings. If I wrote a book called ‘How to Be Successful Without Hurting Women’s Feelings,’ no publisher would touch it and I would be lambasted for writing it in the first place, even when calling it satire. What appalls me the most is not that you wrote it, but that most men will ignore the blatant sexism, uncomfortably laugh it off, and pretend it doesn’t hurt because that is somehow more manly. I’m man enough to call you out on it, Sarah Cooper. [laughs and KL and SWB laugh loudly with her] [40:13] SWB Is it too late to get that as a back cover blurb? [all laugh] SC I know, I know. It was so perfect because I just love that—I love that “oh, most men are just going to laugh it off and just—and hide their pain” and I’m like, “welcome to our world. This is what we do all the time.” So, when I first got that, I was like, “oh my god, this is—I’m offending people, I’m offending people” and then the second I sort of shared it with a few friends, they were like, “oh my gosh, this is hysterical, you have to share this with everybody.” SWB It is quite funny and it’s also it’s like oh my gosh, you couldn’t even have the title of your book about not hurting men’s feelings out [ KL laughs] without hurting this man’s feelings. SC Exactly, exactly. SWB He’s so sensitive! You know, sometimes I just think men are too sensitive. SC I think they’re too sensitive, I think they’re too emotional. [all laugh loudly] SWB Exactly, exactly. When I read your work, I feel like it comes from a perspective that I relate to a lot and obviously all of the content about—you know—being harassed at work or being looked over for promotions, all that kind of stuff, I’m like, “okay, this really resonates for somebody who’s a woman.” But I know that you have male readers and I’m curious if you get a different kind of feedback from men who read your work? SC I think there’s just a range. I mean, I think there’s men who—god bless them—they feel like men and women should be equal and so we shouldn’t treat them differently. And it’s really hard for them to just accept the fact that yeah, we would like to be treated differently, but we haven’t been. And that’s the point. The other thing that frustrates me is that—and this happens with men and women too—it’s just like, “well, why didn’t you write a book about this?” Like this guy. “Why didn’t you write a book about women’s feelings?” It’s like there’s a specific audience and there’s a specific thing I’m trying to say and I’m sorry I couldn’t write a book for everybody, but that’s not how books work, I can’t do that. And so I think that there’s men in that camp—I think there’s men in the camp of “oh this is going to be great for my—my wife, or my girlfriend, or—you know—a friend of mine who is in the working world” and they probably don’t think that—that it will help them that much and I think that that’s fine, too. Maybe some of it will sort of—I appreciate that and I obviously it will be great that they want to share it with their female friends, but I think that the men who actually say, “I want to read this, I want to know what this perspective is like”—those are the men that just—they make me so happy. I always think about after the election; my husband is a straight white man and I was really upset after the election and he said to me, “you know, Sarah, I understand this is different for you.” And that’s all he had to say. You know, all he had to say was just appreciate the fact that this is different for me than it is for him and that’s all I want men to do is just say, “hey, this is an experience.” This is an experience that we have and these are things that we have to deal with that you don’t have to deal with and yes, we appreciate that there are things you deal with that we don’t have to, but can we just talk about us just one second? So, I think those are the men that I’m hoping to get to more of and I definitely see that. I have a great—a good deal of men who really support me and really support my work and are not even remotely offended by this title and actually see how they can learn something from it too. [43:25] KL Yeah. It’s so funny hearing you say all of this and then at the end of the day, it’s still—just to underscore it—we’re really not—it’s not a lot that [laughing] men would have to do. It’s like just paying attention— SC Right. KL —and being a little more self aware and—you know—leaving that channel open. Thinking a little bit more about your career and your work as a comedian and an author, was it scary to leave the perks and stability of a giant company like Google? Is there anything that you miss from that? SC It was terrifying and it took me a long time [laughs nervously] and no—everybody was pretty sure that I was making a mistake. Even my therapist was like, “you know, you should stay there at Google.” [laughs] My family, my fiancé at the time—now husband. Because the thing is, I met my husband at work and he’d see me at work and I was happy, you know? I really liked those people and I really enjoyed being there, and Google is such a comfortable place to be. Everything you could possibly want is there. I probably took advantage of the nap pods too many times, [KL & SWB laugh] but it was great—it was great. And so the thing that I tell you I would miss the most is having a place to go and be comfortable and being around people that I just really respect and admire and make me laugh. I miss that very much because I didn’t realize how lonely writing was going to be, I didn’t realize how much I would enjoy sometimes being alone, but then really, really, really need to talk to people and—so now it just takes an extra effort that I didn’t have to do before, to talk to people and go outside and go do things and in order to get that stimulation and find that new material and all of that stuff. So, it took me a while and I was panicking for at least the first six months after I left, but I realized that it was a bigger risk not to leave than it was to stay because I could always go back. And once I told my boss I was leaving and he said I could always come back if I wanted to, that made me feel like, “okay, I can do this.” KL That’s great. I’m glad that you had that and I completely get that apprehension about making such a big change—you know—not just like this is a big career change, but this is a big change in how I operate on a day to day basis. That’s huge. So—you know—today, these days, what does a typical week look like? [45:57] SC Well, it’s kind of crazy right now because I’m in this—you know—the last four weeks before the book comes out, so it’s a lot of working with PR. But usually it’s writing, it’s working on my blog, it’s—I have contributors who write and submit things and so looking at that stuff, it’s writing new material for stand-up, it’s going to an open mic maybe in the afternoon, maybe one or two open mics in the afternoon. Maybe I’ll have a show at night. And I am meeting a lot more people, I haven’t really found collaborators that I work with regularly yet, but that is something that I want to work on. I’d love to start a podcast like you ladies! That is something I have been thinking about, but I can’t get past coming up with a name! So, I would like to do something like a podcast or more regular content because for me, I’ve realized I love having a schedule and that’s been the hardest thing for me is just to have a consistent schedule. KL Yeah, I appreciate that. Especially being in a field that is—you know—very much creative, I think people often underestimate how much it helps to have a schedule, how much it helps to have stability, however you can make that happen. So what is great about working as a full time comedian and working the way that you work right now and maybe what’s kind of harder about it? SC I think what’s great about it is kind of what I was saying before is that I have so many outlets to discover myself and who I really am, which is something that I think is just really important for a life, you know? To know you left everything on the table and you told every story that you wanted to tell and you let everyone know who you are—and you didn’t leave this world without telling everybody that. And I think that’s really important. And then using that to inspire other people and—when I get people writing me that they are starting to draw or are starting to write satire or they are doing something else, that’s really exciting for me, and I hope that I can do more of that, which is create more things to inspire more people to create things. That’s the thing that’s great about it, it’s kind of this journey for me as a person that I get to be on and I don’t have to dedicate the majority of my day to being at a job that I am not that excited about. I can devote most of my day to doing things that get me closer to who I want to be as a person. And the thing that’s hard is staying motivated and, you know, getting out of bed, not getting frustrated to the point where I just feel like I don’t want to do anything because nothing’s working. You know, it’s really hard just when there’s nobody telling you, “hey, there’s a deadline.” You make the deadlines, sometimes you just don’t want to do that thing or you just don’t feel motivated to do that thing and so it’s—I think that’s the hardest thing is finding that consistency and that motivation for me so that I can keep going without having any external people telling me what to do. [49:00] SWB Do you have any techniques that you’ve found work for you when you’re having those moments where you’re like, “well what if I just got back under the covers?” SC Yeah. I have a journal called the “Best Self Journal” and it it has kind of changed my life and if—sometimes I use it and sometimes I don’t. If I don’t use it, it’s very bad. If I use it, it changes my day. And basically what I do is the night before, I will write down every hour of how I’m going to spend the next day and doing that makes me—first of all, it makes me realize, “hey, there are—there are enough hours in the day to get done what you want to do” and also it just is this thing that I keep referring back to throughout the day to kind of stay on track. And so if I have that, it really helps me keep going because I have this plan and I can kind of follow that plan. If there’s nothing, if my day is just an open blue sky, then I will just piss it away on Twitter—and that’s—that’s what I’ll do. So, that has really helped me. SWB I love the “Best Self Journal.” I know that I’m not going to be my best self necessarily every day, [SC laughs quietly] but thinking about what would I be doing if I was really being my best version of myself in this moment is like—that sounds like a pretty cool exercise. SC Yeah. SWB Sarah, this has been really great and we are about out of time, so I have one last question for you, which is just, where can folks follow your work? SC So, my personal website is sarahcpr.com. s-a-r-a-h-c-p-r.com—c-p-r is just short for Cooper, it doesn’t mean I know CPR or anything like that. And you can see all my events on there and all my press and all that stuff. If you want to check out thecooperreview.com, that has all of the blog posts and hopefully we will return to a regular publishing schedule there as well, once we get out of the book craziness. SWB Well, that’s awesome. So, everybody, you heard her—follow Sarah and also How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings is going to be on sale by the time you’re listening to this. And even though I’m personally pretty okay with hurting some men’s feelings, I definitely loved it. So, pick it up! And Sarah, thank you so much for being here. SC Thank you. And the book has mustaches in the back that you can actually wear, so another reason to buy it. [laughs & KL & SWB join in] KL Perfect. [music fades in, plays for five seconds, and fades out] [51:20] Sponsor: Shopify SWB [Ad spot] Hey, it’s time for a quick career check with Shopify. This week we have Zeina Naboulsi on the line. She’s the executive assistant to Shopify’s CEO, Tobi Lütke, and she’s here to talk about the interview process. Zeina, tell us what you’ve learned! Zeina Naboulsi Well, one of the pieces of advice we constantly give to candidates is “just be yourself.” And it sounds so clichéd, but it’s true. Three years ago, when I interviewed at Shopify—or even when I recently sat down with Tobi about my new role—I just remember giving myself permission to be authentically me. This alleviated so much pressure. This is a new challenge for me, but going forward, I can look at it from a lens that’s really mine. Interviewing is nerve-wracking enough as it is. Imagine spending the whole time trying to be someone else. Just think, if you can approach an interview being your authentic self, you know that you’re going to show up on day one and every day after that as you. SWB Thanks, Zeina! That might sound hard to do, but it’s so true. And if you want to work with folks like Zeina, then you should check out Shopify. They’ve got roles in offices around the world, all at shopify.com/careers. [music fades in, plays for five seconds, and fades out] Fuck Yeah of the Week SWB Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. My fuck yeah today. It’s very important. KL Yeah? What is it? SWB Rock and roll. KL I love rock and roll! SWB I think there was a song like that… KL Was there? [laughs] SWB Probably. Okay, so specifically, tonight me and Katel are going to go and see Courtney Barnett— KL Ughh! SWB —and I just love her so much! Her album from earlier this year, “Tell Me How You Really Feel,” has been on repeat for me over and over and over again for the past few months. KL Me too, I love Courtney Barnett and I remember when she came out with the song “Avant Gardener,” which is essentially a song about her having a full-on public panic attack. And it’s such a great song, I identified with it so much. I really appreciate that she sings about anxiety [laughs] and depression and brings it into her art and she’s just so fucking good, I can not wait. SWB Yes. You know, there’s just something about her songwriting that really gets me because it’s like it’s quirky and fun, but it’s also often really open about things that are sad or difficult. And so I like that kind of juxtaposition and it feels really honest and kind of disarming, right? Because it feels like—it feels like you’re kind of really getting to know her. And so it makes me happy hearing her voice and it makes me feel like we don’t have to pretend that things are fine when they’re not, but that also, things are going to be okay and it’s okay even if you’re sad. KL Yeah. Plus I love any opportunity to hang out with you solo, obviously, but we are taking our partners with us tonight, so that’s a bonus. We’re doing a double date! And we’re so cool, we’re doing it on a school night. [laughs][54:01] SWB I totally still feel like, “oh my god, we’re going out on a school night.” I used to go to a lot of shows in my twenties—all through my twenties I went to shows constantly and I feel like the past few years, I really haven’t made it to as much as I would like. And—you know—part of it is getting older and it gets late and I get tired and I’m not going to lie, that happens and I’m okay with that. I’m actually pretty okay with that. But part of it I think has been because my work life has resulted in a lot of travel—I’m in and out of town, I’m at conferences, it’s sort of like going to a concert can sometimes feel just like a lot. And it’s also just hard to keep up with bands and when they’re going to be in town and am I going to be in town? So, I feel like that’s been less of my life than I’d like it to be, but I’m trying to kind of bring a little bit more balance back around that. So, we saw Sweet Spirit a few months ago. And then just recently me and Will, we went to go and see Liz Phair and relive some awesome nineties vibes, that was also excellent. KL I’m so sad I missed that. SWB Yeah, I felt like I was one of the youngs at the show—[KL laughs] KL Yeah. SWB —which is also a pretty interesting feeling because I don’t feel like that that often anymore. And so—I don’t know—I like that I feel like I’m kind of coming to terms with where I am in life, which is that I can’t go to everything and I’m also—I’m not going to go out for a drink with you after the show. KL No. SWB I’m going home! KL Going to bed. SWB I’m definitely going to bed. And—you know—I don’t really want to go to a festival. KL Yeah, no. Those are over for me. SWB But I still fucking love a good, live show and I am so fucking excited to be out there tonight seeing Courtney Barnett. So, fuck yeah to getting out and seeing artists you love! KL And fuck yeah to badass women musicians. SWB Fuck yeah! Well, that is it for this week’s episode of No, You Go. NYG is recorded in our home city of Philadelphia and it is produced by Steph Colbourn. Our theme music is by The Diaphone. Thanks to Sarah Cooper for being our guest today. KL Thanks for listening. And hey, if you like our show, don’t forget to subscribe and rate it wherever you listen to podcasts. Oh, and tell a friend or two. See you again next week! SWB Bye! [music fades in, plays alone for 32 seconds, and fades out]

Sarah Cooper is a writer, comedian, speaker, and author of the bestselling book, 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings. She built her comedy career in between working as a user experience designer for companies like Yahoo! and Google. She is the creator of satirical blog TheCooperReview.com, which has been viewed by millions around the world and featured in The Washington Post, Forbes, Fast Company and countless others. She was named as one of the 20 Hottest Bay Area Innovators by 7×7 Magazine. Sarah’s third book, How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings, comes out October 30th. Dr. Christina Greer is a writer and Associate Professor of Political Science at Fordham University Lincoln Center, where she specializes in American and black ethnic politics, and urban politics, quantitative methods, and public opinion. She is the 2018 McSilver Institute Fellow at NYU. She is a contributing writer at TIME, and the author of Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream. Dr. Greer is the featured educator in four Ted-Ed lessons, one of which, “Does Your Vote Count? The Electoral College Explained,” has over two million views. She is the host of The Aftermath on ozy.com, and makes occasional appearances on MSNBC. Dr. Greer will be appearing at a panel discussion and poetry reading of “The New Colossus” at the Center for Jewish History on 9/26 at 7pm.  Pat Brown has been seen on CBS’s Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Fuse’s Uproarious, Axis’s Gotham Live, NBC’s Comic’s Unleashed and BET ‘s ComicView, TVOne’s made for TV movie-WHITE WATER, the independent film SOMEBODIES, and the web series UNREQUITED. Pat has won both the Las Vegas Comedy Festival and The She Devil Competition. She has been featured in Time Out Magazine, After-Ellen, Splitsider and Punchline Magazine. Her critically acclaimed album “The Pat Brown Sex-Tape” has been called “provocative and conceptual” by Laugh and is streaming on all platforms. Always hosted by Marina Franklin- Trainwreck, Louie Season V, The Jim Gaffigan Show, Conan O'Brien, and HBO's Crashing      

Josh Gondelman is a comedian who recently won his third consecutive Emmy for writing for John Oliver. Sarah Cooper is a comedian and author of two books, "How to Appear Smart in Meetings" and "How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men's Feelings". She also composed the viral article, "10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings." Mehran Khagani is a New York City-based standup comedian. He may be seen performing regularly at the Comedy Cellar.

Josh Gondelman is a comedian who recently won his third consecutive Emmy for writing for John Oliver. Sarah Cooper is a comedian and author of two books, "How to Appear Smart in Meetings" and "How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men's Feelings". She also composed the viral article, "10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings." Mehran Khagani is a New York City-based standup comedian. He may be seen performing regularly at the Comedy Cellar.

Sarah Cooper, comedian, speaker, and author of 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings, joins Chad to discuss management burnout, the creative process, and her latest book. 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings The Cooper Review "10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings" The Oatmeal How to be Successful Without Hurting Men's Feelings "9 Non-Threatening Leadership Strategies for Women" The Bubble: Crushing It Sarah Cooper McSweeney's Sarah on Twitter See open positions at thoughtbot! Become a Sponsor of Giant Robots!

Comedian Sarah Cooper talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher and Chorus CEO Dick Costolo about why she left a career in the tech industry to become a stand-up comic. Cooper has made tech a central part of her comedy and has written a book based in part on her time at Yahoo and Google called “100 Tricks To Appear Smart in Meetings.” The group debates whether people who work in tech are funny (on purpose) and whether depictions of them in popular culture, on shows like HBO’s “Silicon Valley” or CBS’ “The Big Bang Theory,” are really hitting their mark. Plus: Cooper previews her next book, “How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings,” which will include tips such as “be authentic by hiding yourself." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Segment 1: From the creator of the viral sensation "10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings" Sarah Cooper shows how to appear smart in less than half the time it takes to actually learn anything. Segment 2: With her Neuro Human Branding™ method, Ali Craig weaves science, psychology, design, and human nature into an easy to apply system that any brand can use to grow their audience's connections, conversions, and community. Fix My Brand with Ali Craig is a nine-week social experiment to take nine brands of all types and from around the world and transform them from fledgling to fierce competition. Segment 3:Michael Colaneri is Vice President for AT&T Global Business-Enterprise Solutions overseeing the Retail, Restaurant and Consumer Packaged Goods Vertical Organization.  Segment 4:Kathryn Petralia is the cofounder of Kabbage, small business funding for the real world. Segment 5:Alex Dastmalchi grew up in war-torn Iran with a vision of moving to the United States and becoming a successful business owner. Today, he is a U.S. citizen, an MBA college graduate, a devoted father, philanthropist, and CEO of multiple high-profit companies. Sponsored by Nextivaand Kabbage.

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Today on Entrepreneur Effect we are joined by Sarah Cooper the Stand up comedian. Sarah is going back on tour to talk about her viral, buzz-worthy blog post that inspired her book 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings: How to Get by Without Even Trying. Do you want to appear smart in meetings but can’t stop daydreaming about your next vacation, your next nap, or your next meal? Then the 100 tricks in Sarah Cooper’s new book are exactly what you need to stop being the dud of the group and start being the star. 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings: How to Get by Without Even Trying provides hilarious and actionable ways to use words like “actionable” in order to sound smart. Poking fun at corporate and tech culture is a natural for Cooper, a veteran of corporations such as Google and Yahoo.  Her “10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings” post on The Cooper Review was an immediate viral sensation (5 million views and counting). Funny because it’s true, 100 Tricks to Appear Smart is the ultimate (tongue-in-cheek) career companion.

Branding is one of the vital business elements you should focus on since it is involved in all aspects of your business. Today’s guest, Nancy Marmolejo, shares some helpful ways to know yourself better and explains its significance and relationship to your branding. It is her passion to help you and other entrepreneurs by teaching you how to convey your value in a way that others would understand and relate with. Today, Nancy explains the three essential things that she shares her clients regarding branding. She also shares the three-process message she has created as well as some concrete examples so you can come up with a genuine and compelling message that would resonate with your audience.   “I’m not about posturing. I’m about positioning from a very real honest place.” - Nancy Marmolejo   This week on the Hustle and Flow Chart Podcast: Nancy’s concept of reinventing your personal brand Defining “talent genius” and how you can find it How this reinvention is a journey of self-awareness The significance of knowing and understanding your natural strengths One of biggest mistakes people make about communication Why people don’t remember very structured, scripted messages over conversational and natural ones Explaining the Love-Hate-Create Message, how to effectively do this, and its impact on others Why you should follow the same order in the process How and where you can use this message to promote yourself and your business   Questions for Self-Reflection: What am I really excellent at? What are the skills that I love doing? What are the skills that drain me? What are the things I’ve been good at since I was a little kid? Resources Mentioned: 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings book by Sarah Cooper The Big Leap book by Gay Hendricks The Power of Vulnerability TED Talk by Brené Brown The Book of Awakening book by Mark Nepo   Connect with Nancy Marmolejo: Love, Hate, Create Message by Nancy Marmolejo Nancy Marmolejo Website Nancy Marmolejo Podcast Grab the free e-book The Genius Finder Nancy Marmolejo on Facebook Nancy Marmolejo on YouTube Nancy Marmolejo on Twitter Nancy Marmolejo on LinkedIn Subscribe & Review the Hustle & Flow Chart Podcast!     Thanks for tuning in to this week’s episode of the Hustle & Flow Chart Podcast! If the information shared in these weekly conversations and interviews have helped you in your business journey, please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review. Your reviews and feedback will not only help us continue to deliver great, helpful content, but it will also help us reach even more amazing entrepreneurs just like you!   Also, check out our website and subscribe to our free weekly newsletter to receive even more helpful articles, training courses, tips, tools, and videos to help you optimize your business for success!  

Sarah Cooper is the author of the viral infographic: 10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings. In this episode of MATE, learn how Sarah parlayed her viral post into a three-book deal! We also discuss the business of comedy, the economics of being an author and why she failed as an actor. Sarah’s work has … Continue reading MATE 028 – Sarah Cooper turned a viral infographic into a comedy career The post MATE 028 – Sarah Cooper turned a viral infographic into a comedy career appeared first on MATE podcast.

Sometimes we need a little levity about the world of work and the technologies that supposedly make it all better. Enjoy this funny conversation Kevin W. Grossman had with writer, comedian, and creator of satirical blog TheCooperReview.com, Sarah Cooper.

This week, Nick Borelli returns as our esteemed guest panelist and we are thrilled to have the opportunity to learn more about the man behind the myth. He’s sharing his personal experience and insights, as well as advice for those who are just getting started in this industry. We always look forward to having the opportunity to bring your questions to the experts, and today is a true treat! Nick shares with us how he got his start in the industry, as well as an incredible list of his favorite books, links, articles, etc. This is an episode not to be missed! Don’t forget to check out our Epic Resources section below where we link the awesome insider favorites that were mentioned in this episode! You’re watching this recording of our episode here on our blog, but wouldn’t you rather watch live, ask your own questions, and participate in person? Subscribe now to watch live! (We’ll remind you of upcoming episodes.) We would love for you to join us LIVE and bring your questions for our icons. We do this for you! Follow our iconic guests on Twitter: Nick Borelli of Borelli Strategies (@nickborelli) Will Curran of Endless Events (@itswillcurran) Laura Lopez of Social Tables (@1aura1opez) Check out the epic resources mentioned in this episode: Basecamp Project Management Software Google Alerts Alan Berg Event Manager Blog PartySlate Glisser Remotely Engaging by Martin Shepherdly How to Get Your Website Noticed by Filip Matous Psychology Today Architectural Digest Social Physics by Alex Pentland The Inevitable Box by Clarke Allen Booked It!: Selling, Closing and Standing Out in the Special Events Industry by Meryl Snow Giftology by John Ruhlin 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings by Sarah Cooper SEARCH Foundation Social Media Examiner Adweek Nick Borelli Mailing List Shed Simove (author)

This week, Nick Borelli returns as our esteemed guest panelist and we are thrilled to have the opportunity to learn more about the man behind the myth. He’s sharing his personal experience and insights, as well as advice for those who are just getting started in this industry. We always look forward to having the opportunity to bring your questions to the experts, and today is a true treat! Nick shares with us how he got his start in the industry, as well as an incredible list of his favorite books, links, articles, etc. This is an episode not to be missed! Don’t forget to check out our Epic Resources section below where we link the awesome insider favorites that were mentioned in this episode! You’re watching this recording of our episode here on our blog, but wouldn’t you rather watch live, ask your own questions, and participate in person? Subscribe now to watch live! (We’ll remind you of upcoming episodes.) We would love for you to join us LIVE and bring your questions for our icons. We do this for you! Follow our iconic guests on Twitter: Nick Borelli of Borelli Strategies (@nickborelli) Will Curran of Endless Events (@itswillcurran) Laura Lopez of Social Tables (@1aura1opez) Check out the epic resources mentioned in this episode: Basecamp Project Management Software Google Alerts Alan Berg Event Manager Blog PartySlate Glisser Remotely Engaging by Martin Shepherdly How to Get Your Website Noticed by Filip Matous Psychology Today Architectural Digest Social Physics by Alex Pentland The Inevitable Box by Clarke Allen Booked It!: Selling, Closing and Standing Out in the Special Events Industry by Meryl Snow Giftology by John Ruhlin 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings by Sarah Cooper SEARCH Foundation Social Media Examiner Adweek Nick Borelli Mailing List Shed Simove (author)

On this week’s edition of Monday Morning Radio, we introduce a new an improved version of your host Dean Rotbart. Effectively immediately, Dean is now – objectively speaking – the best podcast host on the planet. That’s because Dean read the half-satirical, half-serious book, “100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings,” by author Sarah Cooper, our guest this week. Many, many of the tricks in Sarah’s book apply to any type of business meeting – even podcasts. [Trick #19: If you start a sentence with “objectively speaking,” anything you say afterwards must be 100 percent correct.] Sarah learned the tricks of appearing smart while sitting through countless meetings at Yahoo! and Google, where she worked before leaving to become an author and stand-up comedian. [Amazing how well her tricks advanced her career, isn’t it?] Sarah’s book is one of the funniest business books you’ll read this year. Perhaps ever. It’s also chock full of actionable ways to use words like “actionable” in order to sound smart.  Keep your ears open for other savvy image tricks as Dean and Sarah converse; including interrupting an important meeting to take a call; and repeating what the other person just said, very, very slowly. So…be sure to listen in, and you too, will immediately appear smarter and earn lots more money. Objectively speaking, of course. Photo: Sarah Cooper, The Cooper ReviewPosted: April 10, 2017 Monday Morning Run Time: 29 minutes 31 seconds 

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100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings How to Get By Without Even Trying Paperback by Sarah Cooper Funny because it’s true. From the creator of the viral sensation “10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings” (5+ million views and hundreds of thousands of shares) comes the must-have book you never knew you needed, 100…

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Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) is a writer, comedian and creator of satirical blog The Cooper Review, which attracts more than 500K page views per month. Her work has appeared on The Washington Post, Fast Company, Business Insider, and Huffington Post. Sarah has over 15 years of experience in the corporate world including Yahoo, Google, before leading to her first viral article, “10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings”. Her first book, 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings, was released on October 4, 2016. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/support

Scott talks with Sarah Cooper, founder of The Cooper Review, who parlayed a viral humor article into a 3-book deal. Her first book, 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings, comes out this week.

It takes courage to be funny, and Sarah Cooper can tell you all about it. She left a comfortable position in management at Google to become a writer and a stand-up comedian. But she took inspiration from her work, sharing a series of comics and blog posts with her observations about office behavior that eventually led to a publishing deal and her first book, "100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings." In this episode, Sarah will tell us about how she drew on her childhood dreams to validate the difficult choice to change careers, the value of sharing imperfect ideas early instead of waiting to refine them, and how she's adjusting to the transition from employee to entrepreneur.

Slingshots are a mini-series within the Unthinkable show where we go deep into a creative side project that winds up someplace surprising. Tinkering on side projects is a powerful way to slingshot our careers forward as content marketers, writers, designers, podcasters, videographers, and any kind of creative.   In this episode, Sarah Cooper talks about her journey from acting to Google to making the leap pursuing her comedic writing full-time. She parodies business culture, and she's built a nice audience for herself ... but what happens when your creative aspirations differ from what your audience expects from you?   LINKS TO KNOW: TheCooperReview.com Sarah's Twitter: twitter.com/sarahcpr 10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings   SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW: Join the newsletter at unthinkable.fm Jay's Twitter: twitter.com/jayacunzo Show Behind-the-Scenes: Snapchat.com/add/jayacunzo   SUPPORT FOR THIS EPISODE: RightSideShirts.org   TOPICS DISCUSSED: Creativity Comedy Standup Side Projects Entrepreneurship Blogging Meetings Corporate Culture Books Startups Silicon Valley San Francisco New York Running Writing

Sarah Cooper, creator of the The Cooper Review, a satirical blog that features weekly original articles, videos and cartoons on corporate humor, news, and other stuff joins us to talk about how she's made a career of out rebelling against the status quo. HIGHLIGHTSDealing with Our Desires to Do Less Practical ThingsFinding an Outlet to be Wild and Unhinged The Challenges of Being Different in an Immigrant FamilyNurturing the Seeds of Curiosity and Self AwarenessThe Importance of Exploring, Experimenting, and PersistenceThe Challenges of Dealing with External Validation Finding a Voice Through Standup ComedyLessons from Working at GoogleQUOTES I don't want to be in a position where I'm making things that I don't actually like. (Click to Tweet)I think it's mostly about finding a place where you don't feel trapped. (Click to Tweet)I'm not trying to be funny. I'm just trying to be honest. (Click to Tweet)RESOURCES 10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings8 Signs Your Heroine Addiction Might be Ruining Your Career The Real Horrors of Working at a Tech Company Sarah Cooper is the creator of the The Cooper Review. If you want to add a bit of laughter to your inbox , subscribe to her newsletter. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sarah Cooper has some tricks to help you appear smart in meetings. She posted these tricks on Medium last year and the post went viral with 3 million views. With the success of the post, Sarah launched her own satirical blog called the Cooper Review. The Cooper Review features weekly original articles, videos, and cartoons on corporate humor, news, and other stuff. The blog has been very successful, averaging 10,000+ views per day. But Sarah's path to success has not been so straight forward. Throughout her life, she's bounced between more typical roles in Corporate America and continuously trying new things to discover her creative passion. She's been a graphic designer for Yahoo and Google, an actress, and a stand up comedian. On today's show, Sarah shares her journey and some of her favorite highlights along the way. Sarah lives in the Haight. She shares her favorite spots there and throughout San Francisco.

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