The 10 Commandments of Wall Street. Goldman Sachs 101: 28-Minute Crash Course (Part 2)

💌 Want to partner with us? Sponsorships and brand deals: [email protected] Every new grad walking into their first big-company job is judged by ten unwritten Wall Street “commandments.” Do you know them? Or have you been breaking them since day one? Former Goldman insider Jean Luo and sister Cherie Brooke Luo unpack rules 6-10 of the infamous list, exposing the office-politics maneuvers, perfectionist rituals, and first-impression hacks that still dominate Fortune-500 boardrooms. ▫️ The backchannel secret: how top performers get what they want ▫️ Mentor management 101: the 3-line follow-up that turns a coffee chat into career sponsorship. ▫️ How Goldman’s “zero-defect” rule forged a cult of perfection. ▫️ Ask the “dumb” question or stay mid: the mindset shift that beats fear of looking stupid. ▫️ First-impression science: the 3 V’s for owning the first 30 seconds with any exec or client. 00:00 – Intro: Goldman “cult” commandments 00:30 – Recap of Rules 1–5 02:00 – Rule 6: Pre-wire every meeting 03:20 – Back-channel decisions 04:24 – Brainstorm theatre tactics 05:25 – Rule 7: Manage your mentors 06:24 – The 3-line follow-up email 07:16 – Coffee-chat prep essentials 08:33 – Email-perfection paralysis 09:32 – Rule 8: Zero-defect precision 10:47 – The “comma crime” story 11:26 – Burnout in perfection culture 13:41 – Rule 9: Ask the “dumb” questions 15:12 – The notebook trick 17:47 – Coffee-chat lands a new role 18:36 – Manager shocked by note-taking 19:26 – Rule 10: First-impression power 20:03 – The 3 V’s + vibe explained 21:06 – Looks, confidence, client roles 24:20 – Hair-raising wake-up call 26:20 – Generational skincare lessons 27:29 – RATE US FIVE STARS!!! It helps people find our podcast! Subscribe & tap the 🔔 so you don’t miss the next episode, and drop a comment and rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 🐯👯‍♀️ Tiger Sisters — Your Silicon Valley & Wall Street Big Sisters Decoding Money • Power • Love ✨ New episodes every Monday | Shorts all week  ✨ We turn Harvard and Stanford MBA case studies and hard‑won tech & finance lessons into frameworks you can use this week. What you’ll get (and keep) ▫️ 🚀 Ivy League Cheat Sheets in 30 min – no $250 K tuition required ▫️ Recession‑Proof Personal Finance Rules – salary jumps, automated investing, psychology of money ▫️ Networking Scripts that Work – DMs behind Goldman offers, $100M+ deals, & Fortune 500 partnerships ▫️ Exclusive Sit‑downs with billionaire investors, unicorn founders, & media powerhouses ▫️ Mindset & Life Design Resets – growth mindset drills minus the pricey career coach ▫️ Wellness • Fashion • Habit Hacks that survive 12‑hour workdays, travel, and fun ▫️ ⬇️ Free Templates & Worksheets linked in episodes Why trust us? ▫️ Cherie Brooke Luo – 100 M+ views demystifying big tech, finance, entrepreneurship, & MBA life ▫️ Jean Luo – ex‑Goldman, ex‑Snapchat exec, 50+ AI patents, startup investor & advisor ▫️ Together: 4 Ivy degrees • built billion‑dollar product lines • two startups – translated into plain English so anyone can level‑up. 👉 Hit Subscribe & tap the 🔔, follow and rate us ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ on Spotify & Apple Podcasts! Share this channel with your friends & let’s level up together. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 🍿 WATCH NEXT: Tiger Sisters Season 4: ▫️ Everything we learned in 29 minutes at Harvard Business School ▫️    • Everything we learned in 29 minutes at Har...   Tiger Sisters Season 3: ▫️ Be Dumb to Succeed (the secret from two-time Y Combinator founder Vu Tran) ▫️    • Be dumb to succeed (the secret from two-ti...   Tiger Sisters Season 2: ▫️ Our Upbringing as Harvard & Stanford MBA Grads ▫️    • Do you need a hard childhood to be success...   Tiger Sisters Season 1: ▫️ Networking 101 from Harvard & Stanford MBA Grads ▫️    • Networking 101 from Harvard & Stanford MBA...   💛 LET'S CONNECT: ~ CHERIE ~ 🤳🏻 Instagram –   / cherie.brooke   📱 TikTok –   / cherie.brooke   ✍🏻 My Substack – https://cherieluo.substack.com/ 👩🏻‍💻 LinkedIn –   / cherie-luo   ~ JEAN ~ 🤳🏻 Instagram –   / jeanluo_   👩🏻‍💻 LinkedIn –   / jeanluo   🎵 Music produced by Sammy Signal https://open.spotify.com/artist/2Hsyk... 🛍️ Items Referenced: 🍵 Sisters Matcha & SISTERS Merch: www.sistersmatcha.com 🌀 Everything else: https://amzn.to/3z0dx5b

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