Emma Grede

Floppy. I don't know. I don't know what the opposite of grittiness is, actually.

Floppy. I don't know. I don't know what the opposite of grittiness is, actually.

Yes. Listen, I do. If you want it. Like anything else, right? It's all about... Do you actually want to be that way and to behave that way? And we were talking about this actually, funny enough, on the way over because, you know, I just came from my own office two minutes away. It's Friday. All of the product teams are in. The rest of the office is pretty empty.

Yes. Listen, I do. If you want it. Like anything else, right? It's all about... Do you actually want to be that way and to behave that way? And we were talking about this actually, funny enough, on the way over because, you know, I just came from my own office two minutes away. It's Friday. All of the product teams are in. The rest of the office is pretty empty.

And, you know, and I think post-COVID, people have really taken the liberty of... as we allow them, right, they can come in four days a week. And it's interesting because we talk so, so much about the flexibility of working from home and what Zoom life has kind of done for business. But we don't talk about any of the rigidity of it and what it takes away from work.

And, you know, and I think post-COVID, people have really taken the liberty of... as we allow them, right, they can come in four days a week. And it's interesting because we talk so, so much about the flexibility of working from home and what Zoom life has kind of done for business. But we don't talk about any of the rigidity of it and what it takes away from work.

And I can tell you and I can guarantee you that had I been a work from home person in my 20s, I would not be where I am now. There is no doubt in my mind. And I think about some, you know, I met my husband at work. I made some of my best, strongest relationships in my life that are the most important things to me and the foundation of my happiness and my like being a solid person at work.

And I can tell you and I can guarantee you that had I been a work from home person in my 20s, I would not be where I am now. There is no doubt in my mind. And I think about some, you know, I met my husband at work. I made some of my best, strongest relationships in my life that are the most important things to me and the foundation of my happiness and my like being a solid person at work.

That's where those relationships come from. And so I think it's really interesting now that we have this aversion of wanting to be away from the office all of the time. And I'm like, oh, that's like, it's so interesting to me because I'm like such a, I'm like an in-person person. I want to be with people. I want to collaborate. I want to do things quickly.

That's where those relationships come from. And so I think it's really interesting now that we have this aversion of wanting to be away from the office all of the time. And I'm like, oh, that's like, it's so interesting to me because I'm like such a, I'm like an in-person person. I want to be with people. I want to collaborate. I want to do things quickly.

And the culture of work right now makes that so hard. So I think, yes, you can teach someone. to have grit. But I can't teach you on a screen, babe. I can't reach you. You won't see how I move. And in that same way that I had this woman that sat behind me and I would take notes of everything she said, that happened in real time, right?

And the culture of work right now makes that so hard. So I think, yes, you can teach someone. to have grit. But I can't teach you on a screen, babe. I can't reach you. You won't see how I move. And in that same way that I had this woman that sat behind me and I would take notes of everything she said, that happened in real time, right?

She would walk out of the room and I'd be on my next new business call saying her lines. Like it was just that quick and that immediate and I would test it out and I'd make it my own. All of that is lost.

She would walk out of the room and I'd be on my next new business call saying her lines. Like it was just that quick and that immediate and I would test it out and I'd make it my own. All of that is lost.

And so I feel a little bit sad for the way that we're working right now because I don't think that we're having that exchange of, you know, what happens when you're in a really dynamic environment and you're able to learn from people around you because we're not as together as we once were.

And so I feel a little bit sad for the way that we're working right now because I don't think that we're having that exchange of, you know, what happens when you're in a really dynamic environment and you're able to learn from people around you because we're not as together as we once were.

Which I'm always doing, by the way. Which I'm always doing as well. Always, always, always, always.

Which I'm always doing, by the way. Which I'm always doing as well. Always, always, always, always.

Well, you know, people ask me this all the time. I think that the sure way to put yourself in a position for more responsibility for promotion is to be excellent at what you're doing, right? Like I find it really difficult when people are like, you know, I'd really like to do this thing over there. I'd really like that opportunity. And I'm like, but you're only 70% good at what you're doing now.

Well, you know, people ask me this all the time. I think that the sure way to put yourself in a position for more responsibility for promotion is to be excellent at what you're doing, right? Like I find it really difficult when people are like, you know, I'd really like to do this thing over there. I'd really like that opportunity. And I'm like, but you're only 70% good at what you're doing now.