Everyone there opted in.Go for the session you didn't pick.
Nobody has to be at a conference, which is why the people there are open to meeting you. At the Milken Institute conference the sisters went for finance and philanthropy — and the session that blew their minds was a live policy debate. This plans for both halves.
- FinanceIn our lane
- PhilanthropyIn our lane
- Rahm Emanuel × Glenn Youngkin, liveNot our lane
“I am not a policy person.” It was the one that blew their minds.
The agenda they went for, and the session that paid off
Three stars: the badge, the agenda, and after hours.
Milken is as the episode tells it. Why they went and who they meant to meet are never said, so those stay blank. “My boss sent me” is ours.
- 9:00FinanceIn your lane
- 11:00PhilanthropyIn your lane
- Badge: not yetNamed the room, why you opted in, out of routine
- Agenda: earnedA lane session, one outside it, notebook
- After hours: not yetMeeting people, the thing to look into after
“You are choosing to spend your time, your money, your energy.” Say what you are spending it on.
- Done: Named the room
- Not yet: You know why you opted in“You are choosing to spend your time, your money, your energy.” Say what you are spending it on.
- Not yet: Out of your routinePart of what makes it land is being somewhere new, in person. If it is down the road, make the day different on purpose.
- Done: At least one session in your lane
- Done: One session outside your lane
- Done: Notebook out
- Not yet: A plan for meeting peopleEveryone there opted in, so for the most part they are open to meeting you. Who, and how will you start? (The Matt Abrahams episode is the one to listen to if going alone is the hard part.)
- Done: The one thing you will look into after
MILKEN INSTITUTE CONFERENCE, BEVERLY HILLS Why I'm here: — In my lane: Finance · Philanthropy Outside it: Rahm Emanuel and Glenn Youngkin — a live debate on education and economic policy Meeting: — After: Learn more about policy, and maybe get involved in some way Notebook: packed.
What being in the room got them.Mostly things they didn't plan.
A conference in Beverly Hills and a retreat in the desert. The pairs are what they expected going in, set against what they say about it on air.
“You never know who you're going to meet at a conference, really, where it can spark the next big unlock for your career.”
- Going in
I'll attend these few panels and that'll be great.
In the roomThe conversation that blew my mind was the one I didn't expect.
At the Milken Institute conference they went for finance and philanthropy. The highlight was Rahm Emanuel and Glenn Youngkin debating policy live — more candid than TV, because the room was small.
- Going in
I feel so alone, and there's like a hundred people next to me.
In the roomEveryone there opted in, so for the most part they are open to meeting you.
Nobody has to be at a conference. They point to their Matt Abrahams episode for how to walk up to someone when you have come alone.
- Going in
Take some notes, go home.
In the roomIt made me more curious about it, and made me want to learn more and maybe get involved.
The best outcome of a room is a new question. Neither of them is a policy person; both came out interested in policy.
- Going in
Stick to the routine.
In the roomChange your environment every now and then, and learn by doing.
Their retreat in the Arizona desert — equine therapy, a drum circle, stargazing. Routine is good; getting out of it is what makes this kind of learning land.
Two more.Same term.
- Build the structureEnrichment curriculumOne subject, one skill, one teacher, one room — the episode's own exercise, with the weekly slot school used to supply.Open
- Be bad at itBad beginnerSomething new, or something you used to be good at. Book the first bad attempt — and decide now when you would let yourself quit.Open