Sh*T No One Tells You: Lessons Learned in My 20s

Moving to Silicon Valley from the Midwest, I quickly learned that the path to success isn't a straight line. Before the big deals and tech career, I was a twenty-something trying to find my way. This book is the culmination of notes I kept over the last ten years because I didn't want to make the same mistake twice.Sht No One Tells You* is the book I wish someone had handed me at 22.Organized into 100 hard-won lessons, this is the unfiltered playbook I built in real time during the decade that shaped who I am today. From the sales floors of tech giants to the living rooms of mentors who changed my life.Part sales manual, part life guide, and part love letter to the people who raised me.Inside, you will find:How to close deals, read a room, and never let them see your cards.Why the hardest workers are the luckiest people.The wisdom from family and mentors that no MBA could ever provide.The money mistakes nobody warns you about in your 20s.The truth about your personal brand: it is being built whether you like it or not.How to survive the loneliness of leadership.The "Back Pocket" collection: 52 bonus one-liners and sticky-note wisdom, I whisper to myself before every major meeting.This isn’t a self-help book. It is a field guide written from the trenches; raw, honest, and exactly the kind of real talk your 20s demand. Read more