So you wanna be a boss. Netflix andchillwill yourself to get off the couch already.How to Be a Boss (According to Your Favorite Shows)is your excuse to binge all the TV you want. It’s career inspiration, right? As for me, chain-watching teen dramas now qualifies as research to bring you this informative series. We all win.
On the night of her dark baptism, Sabrina Spellman decided that, no, she’d rather not work for The Man, and took her destiny into her own hands. (Okay, so she eventually signed up with the Dark Lord, but we all have setbacks. Even witches.) InChilling Adventures of Sabrina, our heroine is caught between two worlds: juggling half-mortal life with a half-witch twilightside gig, astral-projecting around to perform random acts of magic and meddling. When does she sleep? (Do witches need sleep? No matter—it’s all in the pursuit of getting to the top.)
Yes, muggle, like me, you can’t cast spells on the competition or make debt vanish or see the future through a malum malus. You’ll just have to chase bossdom the good old-fashioned way. But you can still learn a thing or two from Sabrina’s consistent bumbling (pesky human half, I banish thee!) in her quest to be a boss. We bring you 16 lessons for life and business—no magic required—from the witches and witch-adjacent of Greendale.
1. Being a boss is hard work, but不要燃烧蜡烛两端(lest you summon your inner demons).Jeff Weddell/Netflix2. …and if you do,practice some self care. Sleep like the dead (or with them) whenever you can.Diyah Pera/Netflix3. When they go low, you go high.Diyah Pera/Netflix4. Stop at nothing to reach your goals (even if it means knocking out competition with a bout of chicken pox).Diyah Pera/Netflix5. Get energized for your busy day of bossdom with a balanced breakfast ofeye of newtfruit andfeather of fowltoast.Diyah Pera/Netflix6. Remember that body language is everything.Diyah Pera/Netflix7.Surround yourself with people who support youno matter what. Even mortals will do.Diyah Pera/Netflix8. …and support them, too. But witch, please, there’s no need to bring magic into it.Diyah Pera/Netflix9. Make careful alliances. Sometimes chosen family > real family.Diyah Pera/Netflix10. Challenge tradition andmake your own rules. Who says a girl can’t be Top Boy?Diyah Pera/Netflix11.…甚至大祭司。Topple. That. Patriarchy.Diyah Pera/Netflix12.Be your true self.Diyah Pera/Netflix13. …anddon’t be held back by your limitations. They can only make you stronger (like, who needs sight when you havesight).Diyah Pera/Netflix14. Do things, tell people.Diyah Pera/Netflix15. When stakes are high,engage only your most trusted advisors(or familiars).Diyah Pera/Netflix16. Lastly, why stop at boss when you can be queen?Diyah Pera/NetflixFeature image by Niall McClelland
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Dayna Winter
Dayna Winter is a Lead Writer at Shopify, telling stories about the humans behind brands and the moments that motivate them to create. On the side, she resells vintage, runs a film-themed vacation rental, and is working on her green thumb.