On making $40k/month and how to climb the corporate ladder faster than your coworkers
2 little-known secrets to achieving Financial Freedom faster
Heyo,
I hope y’all are having a great week!
I’ve been spending a bunch of time trying to come up with a new workout plan. It’s very unlike me to not have a plan. I’m always working towards something! Here are some of the things I have worked towards in the past:
Deadlifting 550 lbs
Running a marathon
Cleaning 305 lbs
Snatching 200 lbs (still working)
Most of my prior fitness goals are strength-based. I love strength training because it’s very measurable. A major weakness for me is flexibility; which is why I pledged to prioritize yoga in Q3!
Does anyone have any flexibility/mobility programs you’d recommend? Please respond to this email with any recommendations!
Anyways, let’s get into the newsletter!
Make $40k/month working 4 hours per week
In 2009, Tim Ferris wrote The 4-Hour Work Week.
His goal?
Help entrepreneurs escape the rat race by sharing how he went from making $40k/yr to $40k/month.
But it was missing something...(read more here)
Little-known ways to get promoted quickly at your company.
I work in strategy consulting. I am coming up on a year in the industry. My goal is to learn as much as I can, drive value for the business, and climb the corporate ladder as fast as possible.
Over the past month, I have had dozens of conversations with my co-workers. I’ve asked them “What skills can I develop to increase my value at the firm? What can I do to get promoted quickly?”
Here are 2 of the most common answers:
Find people you enjoy working with and stay with them. Early in our careers, we tend to want to bounce around. We want to explore our interests. This is important, but if you are looking to get promoted, there is something that is more important; the people you are working with.
I asked the partner on my project “If there was one piece of advice you could give to someone just starting at Deloitte, what would it be?” He said “Find your people. There are 3 major variables in consulting: your coworkers, your client, and the work. Your coworkers are the most important part of the equation. Even if your client sucks and the work sucks, you will always have them.”
Build skills that are valuable in the market. If skills are valuable in the market, they are valuable to the firm. For example, if Cloud is super hot in the market, it’s going to be super hot at your firm. Identify these skills, build them, and let people at your firm know that you have developed them. You’ll likely get a raise.
TL;DR
If you’re looking to climb the corporate ladder, prioritize your relationships and build valuable skills.
It’s not about what you know, it’s about who knows you.
Wrapping it up!
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Have a great week my friends,
Austin