The motors whirred underneath us like some abed beast, constant and deep. I leaned back in the leather seat, at last heart coming to a near enough repose—but I was no fool. Liam was warming up. He flipped the page in his folder like reading from a holy scroll of business war. "Okay," he said, "phone calls." My gut tightened again. "Phone calls?" “You’ll be answering them, screening them, returning them, redirecting them. Ninety percent of your job is managing people—clients, board members, PR, press, family members, even jealous exes. You’ll be the voice they hear when your boss is too important to speak. So your tone has to say: Yes, I’m calm. Yes, I’m in control. No, you’re not getting past me.” "All that pressure for simply saying hello," I grumbled. He smiled. "There is no 'just' anything in this business. 'Just' a calendar change? Could cancel a million-dollar meeting. 'Just' a delay? Could be a PR nightmare. Your job is to act every second like it matters—because it does.
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