Would you guys be surprised to hear that I was written up at work and in like a professional job?

Yes. You? Lawyer Ashley? Well, it wasn't lawyer Ashley. This was Sales, Ashley.

So those in HR will listen, and even those in sales will listen and know

that sales sometimes can get an undue amount of attention from HR. And I knew about that.

Before I went to law school and before I was in HR, I worked for two years in corporate sales.

The first year was cold calling. That time, cold calling

chief financial officers. And liberal arts Ashley becoming cold calling, Ashley, was a real turn of the

skill set. And so in our job, this was early 2000s. And so we were really trying to get the attention

of these executives. So like fax campaigns, phone numbers, how you use

the phone system and get through the assistance to get directly to your prospect. I'd come

early, stay late. But one of the main things that I was working on a skill set for was email subject

lines. And to this day, it's key to try, you want

people to open your email. And so you want to get people's attention. So I'm a hard worker. I was trying

to do the right thing. So I was at lunch with a friend and colleague. And so we were talking about,

you know, great subject lines to get people's attention and, you know, sharing some of these

practices. And I came back from lunch and decided to send an email to my team, which was all of us

about 23 years old, cold calling, and with list top 10 email subject lines to get your prospects

attention. Now, we're going to CFOs. And this is a time of like Sarbanes-Oxley

things. So like, yeah, those things will get their attention. But you know what gets their attention

more? Forward pictures of your wife with another man.

No, you didn't. Stop.

Alternatively, also compelling to open emails would be, R.E., I have your daughter in the basement.

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