This is Steeper Robbins. Welcome to the Get It Done Guys, quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Incorporating a new recruit into your zombie army can be tricky. Of course, you'll help create the all-important

zombie recruit misunderstood villain dynamic by using a process conversation as described in

episode 513, how to strengthen

relationships with process conversations.

We learned to make relationships successful from day one by synchronizing up on our communication

medium, how we give and receive feedback, work style, and other aspects of the relationship.

But there's more.

It's not enough to anticipate what you need to do to work well together.

The flip side, which we almost never talk about, is anticipating how things might break. And

since zombies are made of rotting flesh, let's just say they break a lot more easily than you'd

expect. Vulnerability is key. Talking about how things break takes courage. You have to admit that things might, well,

break. And in our culture, we always want to project an aura of absolute certainty and confidence.

If you're under 30 listening to this, I have a horrible life spoiler for you. Very few people

actually know what they're doing. Job title is no predictor of ability. Confidence is no

predictor of ability. Some of the most

competent people you'll ever meet have the lowest confidence. If you ever heard of imposter

syndrome and many of the least competent people have high confidence, very high confidence,

the best confidence. None of us wants to admit that we're not perfect. It opens us up

and makes us vulnerable.

So, I'll go first. Access your inner hippie. I moved a lot as a kid. I grew up in a traveling

new age commune. We would move into town and start a psychic growth center. Word would spread and

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