Personal Operating Guide

The person doing your dream job will probably answer your email.

Most people wait until they have something impressive to report before they reach out to anyone. That's backwards. This spreadsheet helps you figure out who matters, who you want to learn from, and how to start the conversation.

Two tabs.

Sheet 1 tracks everyone who affects your success — managers, coworkers, mentors, contacts you're building.

Sheet 2 is for five people doing work you want in five years, with a copy-paste email template at the bottom. You don't need to have your whole career figured out. You need one name.