Corporate Figures: Recent Episodes
Chad Tabary
Raw, unfiltered advice about making six-figure income in the Corporate World. And if you are making six-figure income, I want you to make at least 250K a year!
Success looks like: You make six-figure income. Your woman admires you. Men lookup to you. Companies seek you out to give you offers. You constantly crush health and fitness goals. You are a high value man. You're on top of your Corporate Game!
Pay your developers and personal assistants based on milestones and deliverables, not by the hour!
A few points on Tim Ferriss’ 4-Hour Workweek and where it fits in your business processes in 2023. There’s a lot of staying power here, and you’re missing out if you don’t apply a couple of these direct marketing principles to your revenue streams.
You don’t need $1M to be a Digital Nomad. Being a Digital Nomad is really just two principles.
The basic outline and premise of a Business Requirements Doc to interface with your developers.
Pay-per-click advertising has a lot of moving parts, but they don’t have to be confusing. What are the basic parts of running your paid advertising.
The 80/20 rule is an observation more than a tool. That’s an important distinction. Your job is to give your efforts enough variables for the 80/20 to reveal itself so you can properly leverage it. In other words, shotgun approach first, and then follow the 80/20 trail to tremendous ad results!
How long do you let your ads run before determining results?What’s the difference between forcing engagement and letting the system work for you while you sleep?
If you’re constantly griping about money, and you constantly think some price or income isn’t fair, you’re probably staying broke your whole life.
How do you put your ad dollars to work so you chance making $1.50 for you $1, and not just throwing it away on engagement?
What’s the value of paying for likes and retweets? Where should you actually be spending your ad dollars?
What would you do if you woke up tomorrow homeless and penniless? Could you build it all again?Most definitely! And here’s how.
Twitter put the kibash on Follower Campaigns. We’re crying a little bit in our sleep. What do you do about the latest slap. How do you adapt?
Are service and leadership the same thing?You’ve got to understand this business tenants or your teams will disrespect you, and your product ideas will fail one after the other.
If you want an endless well of good advice, you have to apply this one action item to the mentor relationships you have. 10x your results by trying this out.
As a digital nomad, are you focused on your businesses or do you get sidetracked in distractions?What are the two most important things you can do each day?
What is the right reason to boost and Facebook post and the wrong reason?What will make you money online, and what will waste your dollars?
If I could only do three things as a digital nomad, I’d focus on these three core tenets first.
Digital Nomads are not all beaches and palm trees. Here are some of the pain points and harder parts to overcome when you’re a Digital Nomad.
What does it mean to lead from the front and how can you make sure you’re doing that in your business with your teams?
What’s it’s take to be a Digital Nomad? How much money do you have to make?Are Digital Nomads rich?
Digital Nomads are not all beaches and palm trees. Here are some of the pain points and harder parts to overcome when you’re a Digital Nomad.
What is a digital nomad? A digital nomad is a lot of things. What’s more important is what a digital nomad is not.
What’s the value of paying for likes and retweets? Where should you actually be spending your ad dollars?
VPs have very short attention spans! If you want to get your email through, and get your point across, you have to talk in a very specific way.
How do you focus on actual Revenue Operations, on actually making your business money, and not just VP-level people pleasing. How do you put Revenue Operations to work in your own business?
If you could only do one thing to generate your income what would it be?Real Estate? Grow an email list? Do remote sales?The only thing you should be focused on (if you HAD to chose one!) is buying traffic.
A ton of reasons why you should keep your W2 income, your corporate job, and not dump your day job.Of all of your revenue streams, W2 income will likely remain your highest source for years!
What's the road from 0-1,000 Twitter followers and how can you tell if you're getting the right kind of followers?
A quick review of two popular Twitter growth methods and the one that worked best for me.Check out @AlexBerman 's channel for his Twitter 10K method referenced in the video.
Don't expect a miracle from your Fiverr contractors! You'll set yourself up for huge frustration if you think you're buying high caliber work.Know what it takes to get your work done right on Fiverr.
How do you get started in earning more money and living anywhere?Digital Nomad 101. Work remote. Earn more. Buy Internet traffic...buy yourself more money.
The One Thing book, written by Gary Keller is a best selling book with a lot of praise. It's good. It's ok. Overall, it's kind of meh, and I think you can get more value from a timeless like The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. I'm not slamming it. Hear me out. It's just kind...of...meh. Ask Chad a Question: info@corpfigures.com Get the Renegotiate Your Salary Framework free: https://corpfigures.com/renegotiate-your-salary 00:00 The One Thing Review 00:27 Welcome to Corporate Figures 00:51 The One Thing 01:49 The One Thing is Too Simple 02:50 The One Thing Trap 03:08 The One Thing Table of Contents 03:43 Balanced Work Life? 04:00 The One Thing in a Nutshell 04:52 Can Something be Too Simple? 05:16 Can You Focus on More Than One Thing? 06:04 Seth Godin Books Too Simple 06:56 What is Ambition at Scale? 08:28 Getting Fit Without Hour in the Gym 09:17 How Do You Choose Your Focus? 10:07 People Pleasing Will Not Make You Rich! 10:31 The One Thing Recap 10:55 Focus Down 11:41 Three Most High Value Things You Can Accomplish
AMOGs are "alpha males of the group" that step on conversations and use rough tactics to dominate spaces and conversations. You have to understand your role and power to navigate these situations! Ask Chad a Question: info@corpfigures.com Get the Renegotiate Your Salary Framework free: https://corpfigures.com/renegotiate-your-salary 00:00 AMOG In The Boardroom 00:14 The Macho Business Owner 00:47 Welcome to Corporate Figures 01:12 Why are you in the Boardroom? 01:51 People Bogarting the Boardroom 02:20 The Three Must-Nots of the Boardroom 03:56 Don't Talk for the sake of Talking 04:54 Two Ways to Promote Directors 06:05 Don't Prescribe for Others 06:52 Talk to your experience, but don't prescribe for others. 07:31 Don't bring MORE problems to the problem set. 09:14 The One Thing Reference 10:14 Good Leadership is Not... 11:09 Example Mistake from First Tech Firm: Speak Up. 11:36 How to Work Out Waterfall Pricing 12:08 Not Speaking Up... 13:08 Speak Up on Important Things 13:42 Know Your Value, Add Value When It Fits 14:00 Authority and Relatability 14:46 What do you do about AMOGs in the Boardroom? 15:27 Don't Bogart Your Way Back In 16:09 They'll Come to You 17:34 Resting Undisturbed in Your Silence 18:26 The Power in Your Undisturbed Silence 20:19 Don't Give Chase
The Richest Man in Babylon is a simple reads but hammers home an important point in your business success. You have to be making money! It all starts with you creating value, and sharing value, so that you can bring copper, silver, and gold coins into your purse. Ask Chad a Question: info@corpfigures.com Get the Renegotiate Your Salary Framework free: https://corpfigures.com/renegotiate-your-salary 00:00 Richest Man in Babylon 00:39 Welcome to Corporate Figures 00:48 Richest Man in Babylon Summary 01:25 The Main Point of Richest Man in Babylon 01:42 Start Thy Purse to Fattening 02:37 Instagram Business Fallacies 03:47 You Have to Make Money First 04:14 You Have to Have a Marketable Skill 04:49 Creating Value and Sharing Value to Receive Money 05:44 W2 Income First 05:56 Be Your Own Lender 06:22 You Have to be in the Work Force 07:26 Baby Sitting 07:40 Wrap Up
Owning a Business is a struggle with no friends, but some people INSIST they were built for it. Are you built for the struggle with no friends? Ask Chad a Question: info@corpfigures.com Get the Renegotiate Your Salary Framework free: https://corpfigures.com/renegotiate-your-salary 00:00 Built for this Struggle with No Friends 00:55 Welcome to Corporate Figures 03:11 I Quite Everything in 2018 03:54 You Can't Actually Set Your Own Hours 04:24 Don't Delude Yourself that You're In a Dead End Job 08:00 Cognitive Dissonance Running Your Business 09:16 Paths to Financial Freedom 09:52 Seed Money to Start Your Business
Today's job hunting landscape is a lot different than just five years ago. Most companies are using AI to screen applications, manage responses, and even manage interview setup. The results feel clunky and impersonal, and they can be demoralizing. Learn to ignore the AI and treat the machine like a program for your own success! Ask Chad a Question: info@corpfigures.com Get the Renegotiate Your Salary Framework free: https://corpfigures.com/renegotiate-your-salary 00:00 Job Hunting Rejections 00:32 Intro 01:07 How Often Should You Interview? 01:43 Automated Rejections 03:06 Hight Value Corporate Mindset 03:53 Automated Rejection Example 04:23 How Many Applications Should You Submit? 04:53 How Do You Combat the Automated Rejections? 05:44 Handling Interview Rejection Emotions 06:39 Reasons the AI Could be Wrong
How much paternity leave should you take? It's probably less than you think. 00:00 Paternity Leave 00:07 Intro 00:31 Why Paternity Leave 01:20 Considerations 02:05 Two Weeks is Sweet Spot 02:18 Wanting to Get Back to Work 03:10 Where Dads Help in First Weeks 04:20 Why You Want to Go Back to Work 05:01 Don't Feel Bad for Wanting to Go Back to Work 06:10 Be a Valuable Husband and Dad 06:30 Where Maternity / Paternity Leave has Been Abused 07:28 Parental Status is NOT a Job Qualifier 07:59 You're a High Value Man
What are the ins-and-outs of firing someone and what do you do leading up to it, and during your "difficult conversation"? Ask Chad a Question: info@corpfigures.com Get the Renegotiate Your Salary Framework free: https://corpfigures.com/renegotiate-your-salary 00:00 Firing Someone 00:32 Firing Someone Else's Project Manager 01:17 Intro? 02:09 Military Firing 04:55 Hiring More Important than Firing 06:39 Firing OM Manager 09:13 Firing is the Right Thing to Do 10:17 Authenticity 11:48 How Do You Fire? 16:52 HR Departments 17:44 Bad Promotion 20:44 Firing with HR 21:41 Wrap Up
Be cautious with the dream about quitting your job. You spend most of your life in your job, and successful men ENJOY those jobs! Ask Chad a Question: info@corpfigures.com Get the Renegotiate Your Salary Framework free: https://corpfigures.com/renegotiate-your-salary
Interview etiquette in the Video Conferencing world! Zoom and other video conferencing platforms have closed the distance between many of us, and opened up a world of telecommuting (and interviewing) that creates more opportunity and value. It's also created some bad habits though! The basics of interviewing still apply, but there are some added nuances on camera that will propel you to the top of the heap, or sink you to the bottom!
The first two things everyone does when they get to work in the corporate world are the worst two things to start your day with! Start with value, be a high value corporate asset, and avoid these three traps at all costs!
Breaking into the six-figure income threshold is easy to achieve, but it's not a gimme. There are some traps you have to avoid to increase your salary and get raises in the corporate world.
The path to VP from Director takes about five years, and it's a little less ceremonious than you think.
People pleasing is the worst kind of leading. It will grow resentment in your team, and build a distaste for you that your direct-reports will never get out of their mouth! Learn how to be disagreeable to get the raise, and get the promotion!
Working with EMEA can get overwhelming. You have to understand what the time difference means to THEM, and you have to understand how to setup your own boundaries and processes to make sure your international stakeholders are best supported.
The single most important thing to earning six-figure income in the propensity to get things done! It’s not your degree, not your charm, not your charisma, and I would dare say not who you know. You must be able to handle complete matters in the corporate world, solve problems, and get things done!
Making six figure income in the Corporate World requires that you’re marketable in your field. There are two must-haves that you have to pin down, and one of them is NOT your degree!
Owning your own business isn't everything it's cracked up to be! It's a challenge, and sometimes it's a challenge worth having, but it's not some magical land on the other side of your day job. If you're a high value corporate asset making six-figures, you're probably in a much better spot than you're giving yourself credit for!
There are only two reasons you should consider a startup over a corporation, and one of those reasons rarely pans out, and the other is also it’s biggest downside. Consider these pros and cons for career planning your path to six-figure income.
When career advisors tell you to ask your boss for more responsibility, they're setting you up for frustration and failure! Don't go to your boss with conditional, and poorly thought out requests for "more responsibility." Pivot this request to come from a position of abundance and competence! Use this question instead to increase your value in the corporate world and get the salary raises you deserve.
If you want ultimate freedom in your Corporate life, you have to work every day like you're JUST about to give two weeks notice. How do you prioritize things when you're on two weeks' notice? How do you respond to annoying emails when you're on two weeks' notice? How do you think about your deliverables when you're on two weeks' notice? Live every Corporate Day like you could resign at any moment!
If you ever want to be a VP, you have to know how to talk to VP's and email VP's. If you every want to accomplish anything significant in the Corporate World, you must specifically know how to email VP's. Don't let your email get buried in the throng of emails we get everyday. Find out how to get your message across consistently and effectively!
What do you do when someone threw in the whole village on CC and compliment sandwiched a garbage load of disrespect in their email back to you? Best ways to use email in the Corporate World, how to prioritize your emails, and how to deal with snarky, passive aggressive emails. Don't fall into these passive aggressive email traps!
When someone asks you what real money is, what numbers come to mind? Is it 70, 80, 95K? What's real money to you? Your mindset around money will dictate how quickly you get your raises. It will dictate how you manage your deliverables, and it will dictate how you feel about the money you have. This episode talks about just how much money is in the corporate world, how to think about your money, how to know your worth, and how to ask for the raise.
The job application process has changed over the years! If you’re shooting for six figure income, you have to know this market, these systems, and you have to know how to maximize your chances at getting the job! Don’t get discouraged at the sea of rejection. There’s a way through it!
Don’t be that guy that didn’t deliver on something after 60 days! Don’t Be The Corporate Scape Goat Everyone Rolls On. Get the ball back out of your court! Get your deliverables in order and toss them out your lap like hot potatoes get slung at a 4th of July BBQ!
What do you do when you’ve got three different bosses in the corporate world? Most people would tell you to carve out boundaries and manage expectations, but I disagree. Use it to your advantage! Manage up and be a high value corporate asset!
Three must-do’s on your Mondays! How to maximize your corporate value, increase your salary, and 3x your productivity, all while finding more time for yourself!
Three things VPs are doing that you’re not doing. It might seem simple, but frame control is everything, and understanding the risk you shoulder in the decision making process is critical in shaping your own poise!