Have you ever had a moment that changed the course of your day, your career, your life?

I have Reader.

I share one of those story in the intro of my new book.

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“Good meeting!” Stan, my Bad Boss, claps his hands. He smiles, closes his computer, says, “We’ll pick up next week and move from there per se,” and walks out.

Huck stretches. “Dang, these chairs are uncomfortable. I need a beer.”

I leave the conference room, walk down the hall, and sit down at my desk.

Natalie is still on the phone, putting out a fire with a vendor. She messages me and asks for a recap.

I rack my brain, trying to make sense of the last hour. There was a lot of talking about emails I’d already read, but there wasn’t a single action item. Nothing was decided. Come to think of it, these meetings never had a point. I lean over toward the minifridge, “Hey Huck, what do I tell Natalie?”

He lays an IPA on my desk and says, “Just send her a picture of a blank notebook.”

I type:

Leadershit meeting notes:

Nothing new. Nothing useful.

Natalie instantly replies, “Oh lawd, that’s funny. I needed that today. Thanks.”

The most useful thing to ever come out of that string of meetings was a typo. A simple T in the place of a P gave us a good laugh. That typo caused me to question what I was doing for/to others. That typo gave me clarity. That typo became this book.

Jake

P.S. Ready to survive a bad boss or avoid becoming a bad boss? Check out the WIPE framework in my new book, Leadershit.

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