Emma Grede

And it's the only way it would work for me, right?

It has to be right there.

And when I interviewed you, it was...

Oh, you know, first of all, I'm going to first of all, I'm so happy to speak to you today.

And I'm so happy that I get to speak to you in this in this context around the book.

You know, there are so many red flags, but a big one for me is when it starts on, what do you do?

Like, hello, who are you?

How are you?

Like, what do you know?

To me, that's always a red flag.

And, you know, I think that in business, you can understand so much about a person from that initial introduction.

Like, you know when someone sees you.

You know when someone sees past you.

And I'm a real people person.

Like, I will not remember your name, but I will remember how your grandfather came into the country.

But that's also because I bother to ask you that question.

And so to me, I like to figure out, in business or otherwise, like, the essence of a person.

Like, who are you?

Like, how do you come here in this room?

And so when somebody starts, like, trying to figure out, like, what's in it for them, like,