#008: Cory Briggs (26 yrs) on Attending Harvard, Working in the NFL, and Ivy League Networking

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Hello, all you beautiful people. Hello, people out there.

Welcome to the Hackiversity Podcast, where I, Kyle Whiney, show students how to achieve more by doing less in college. Today, I'm excited to welcome to the show Corey Briggs, someone with a story completely new to the Hackiversity Podcast. What's this novelty? Corey graduated from what I like to call an elite college, the category of only the most prestigious colleges in the country. In fact, Corey graduated from arguably the elite of the elite colleges, Harvard. Corey has leveraged this Harvard degree to do some amazing things, including working inside an industry that's almost impossible to break into, especially as a recent college graduate. And that industry is the NFL. In this episode, Corey and I discuss most notably, first, why students, if given the opportunity, should attend an elite college at all cost, even over offers elsewhere that come with a scholarship. Second, how to network with people like Facebook's co founder, Eduardo Savrin. And third, how to use email to catch the attention of ultra influential people. Without further ado, let's dig in.

Corey, thanks so much for joining me today.

Hey, happy to be here. Excited to talk about this.

Corey, it's crazy to think that back as early as elementary school, you and I were wrestling with each other on my backyard trampoline in our hometown. Now, I'm four years older than you are, so at the time, I was a lot bigger than you. But today, you tower over me. So it's just so crazy how times change.

Oh, absolutely.

I remember those days. I just always felt like it was myself up against you and your friends, and I just tried my hardest to hold my own.

That was training grounds for your eventual football career.

I can't say you're wrong.

Right.

So, Corey, there's so much that I want to talk about today. You know, you've accomplished so much, and we'll get to that soon. But before we do, I just want to set the stage. So, how old are you?

I turned 26 in the middle of June.

So newly, 26.

A new 26 year old. I'm excited to talk about your resume and how that impacts current upcoming college students. So, Corey, let's start with your college experience. You graduated in 2014 from Harvard with a degree in sociology, and now there's so much prestige that people associate with Harvard. It's like this mystical place where only people like Mark Zuckerberg attend.

So what was it like going to Harvard?

Everything I expected and much, much more. I didn't really understand what I was kind of signing up for. I obviously knew what the name represented and how it was perceived, not only nationally, but globally, but just from the experiences that I was fortunate to have. The people I met, especially the people I met, I mean, that's definitely the thing that stands out most about it.

What kind of people did you meet there?

I've met Eduardo Savrin a few times.

Who'S the co founder of Facebook, right?

Yep, co founder. We share a similar network. So I was in the Phoenix SK Club, which just. We refer to it as a gentleman's club. But by being a member of that organization, you're able to meet and hang out with and really get to know a lot of really impressive alumni.

So what you're saying, Cory, is that simply by virtue of having gone to Harvard, you get to rub elbows with people like Eduardo Saverin and other power brokers in the world?

Basically, yeah, absolutely.

And how accessible were these people when you were on campus? Were these people who were isolated, away in some ivory tower that you couldn't access or, you know, were you very much up close and personal interacting with these people?

Very much up close and personal.

So what's it like having that kind of professional network in your career?

It's almost indescribable. I mean, there are a lot of people who I've met just because we.

Share that H bomb.

I know we talked about that. Where once you tell somebody that you went to Harvard, you instantly become judged. Whether that's for the better or for worse. I've experienced being much more for the better.

So it's instant credibility.

Absolutely.

The H bomb, which is you graduate from Harvard equals instant credibility. Yeah. And so what does that do to your conversations then, Corey, with people like Eduardo or other people out in the workforce that you're trying to impress?

It allows you to go into the conversation with some confidence so you know that you're talking to somebody and they're not always going to be looking over their shoulder or trying to end the conversation, start a conversation with somebody else knowing that they know where you went to school, they automatically, instantly become interested in who you are, how you got to Harvard, what are your plans after Harvard, and even if they can help with you or work with you in the future.

Yeah. And have you seen that kind of receptive response in interviews? And in the recruiting process?

Absolutely. That's one of those things that they kind of tell you that when you apply for a job, your resume doesn't go to the top of the pile, it gets put into a completely different pile.

So you've had a recruiter tell you that because you went to Harvard and for really no other reason than that your resume got put in a separate pile from everyone else?

Yeah, I've been fortunate enough to be in some situations and make it on through rounds and rounds of interviews for jobs that I was in no way qualified for. But I was told directly that they were very interested in my resume and loved my past experiences, especially going to a school like Harvard.

Wow, that's incredible that the Harvard name carries that much power.

So, Corey, suppose there's a student out there right now who has an offer.

From a pretty good public college. It's not an Ivy League college, but it's a really good public college. And that offer includes a scholarship that's quite generous.

And that student has another offer from Harvard.

Where should that student attend 10 times out of 10?

Harvard.

Even if they have to pay full price?

Yes.

And why is that?

So going into Harvard, I was told this isn't a four year commitment. This is a 40 year event. Meaning that you're not going there for four years and then they're setting you up for a good job or a good grad school afterwards. The Harvard name, once it's behind you, is something that's good for 40 years, 50 or 60 years, till the day that you die. You will have opportunities that honestly a lot of people could only dream about. It's almost indescribable to someone who's never experienced it to understand the types of opportunities that will come your way with Harvard backing you.

Yeah, Corey, in my book I actually address that specific point. Studies actually show that public, the student who goes to Harvard or some other Ivy League like it over the course of her career makes over $3 million more compared to someone who doesn't. And so it's exactly like what you said is that you can't just think about the cost over a four year term because the return on that degree is going to be until the day you die. And on average that is millions and millions and millions of dollars more indifference. I think you have a particular insight into that world and can speak firsthand about how true those numbers are.

Yeah, absolutely. And it's something I'm really just starting to experience now after being three years out. It's like every month, every Year that I'm. That I'm out, It just keeps coming back almost exponentially.

It just builds on itself.

Yep. It's exactly. It's just snowballs.

Yep, yep. Cool.

So, Corey, what type of employers hire.

Harvard students or higher graduates? And by that I mean, is the field completely wide open to anything like Wall street, like Silicon Valley, like premier nonprofits?

Yeah, yeah, absolutely. It's open to absolutely everything. I mean, the on campus interview process is very, extremely vast. I mean, almost every industry comes on and on campus and interviews in the fall of your senior year. So they don't. You don't have to fly out to Silicon Valley or take a train to Wall street or go out and if you're in entertainment, to Hollywood.

So these people come to you.

They come on campus and actively recruit students to come to their events on campus.

They actually go out of their way to make sure you come to them.

Yeah.

I will give you a great example, probably the first example. When I was there and I understood what this place was, I was my freshman year, I might be a month or two into the school year, and I'm in the training room getting taped up for football practice and I'm sitting there getting my ankles taped and someone comes walking into the group of people can walk into the training room and came right up to me and asked what my name was, what year I was, what my major was. And then very short after, shortly after explained that they were recruiters for Goldman.

Sachs and they were having an information session, kind of a meet and greet on the second floor of the athletic facility above our locker room to meet with potential employees, interns, whatever the case may be, depending on year, just about what Goldman SAS could offer us. And I was kind of speechless for the first few minutes because I wasn't sure if they were serious or not. But I very quickly realized that they were serious when I was handed folders of information about their internship program.

Wow. So Goldman Sachs, one of the premier financial firms in the world, comes up to you while you're getting bandaged up before football practice to recruit you.

Yes.

It's incredible because, you know, people wait outside. They literally wait outside buildings to by happenstance, run into people like that and hear these people make it a point to go out of their way to come to you just because you went to Harvard. It's incredible.

Yeah.

Like I said, that was the first experience and that was one or two months into my freshman year where I started to really understand what I signed up for.

And these experiences such that what you Encountered from the Goldman Sachs people are not uncommon at Harvard.

No, not at all.

It's just par for the course.

Par for the course.

So, Corey, a lot of students just in general fret about GPAs. They think that they have to study all the time and climb the GPA ladder.

But I've heard stories that employers rarely.

Ask Harvard students for their GPA because they are just so enamored with the student having attended Harvard in the first place. So does the Harvard name stop employers from prying into students GPAs?

The way I kind of put it in perspective is most of the Wall street firms, they're recruiting all the Ivy League schools. So right away, like I said, you get put into a different pile, but within that pile, they're still trying to weed out the best applicants. So I have been asked about my GPA on interviews, but at the same time, when I've been interviewing at other companies or whether that's Wall street or Wall street esque, where they're not on Wall street, but they're still trying to compete with those schools or those companies, they're just happy to have a Harvard student sitting in front of them. So I've gone three, four, five rounds of interviews until they've asked me what my GPA was. And I've gone through five rounds of interviews with other companies where it never came up.

That's incredible because oftentimes that's one of the first questions that applicants get asked. So yeah, speaks to the power of the name.

So, Corey, while you were in college.

You worked for the Cleveland Browns, the NFL team. But breaking into the NFL, even inside the back office, I know is very, very competitive. So how did you score that gig?

I reached out to my network former teammate who was working as a scout and just asked him if, if there's anything I could do now or what I could do to become a scout. Like what was the process that he went through? And we talked a few times and then he said, we might have something for you. Wait a little while. And then maybe a few weeks passed by and he reached out and said, hey, we're doing this outsourced film project. It's meant for graduate assistants, graduate assistant football coaches at big time programs. But with your background and your interest, that could really be a good fit for you and a good hire for us. So I just kept talking with him and then I had a phone interview with someone in their front office who was kind of helping to coordinate the project. Sorry if I'm being vague. I had to sign a confidentiality agreement there. So I can only say so much, but it ended up being a great experience. I wasn't a scout. My specific title was game charter. But I was logged into all of their video editing platforms and. And watching college film and sending in my breakdowns. And that was something that. Fast forward to senior spring for me, when I kind of was convinced that I wanted to be a scout, was something that the Patriots directly asked about.

So the Patriots ask you whether or not you want to be a scout for them?

No, no, the Patriots asked me. They're like, what did you do for the Browns while you were still in school? And I told them, well, I can't really tell you much. I signed a confidentiality agreement. So I basically told them what I was allowed to say, and that went pretty far. So the unfortunate reality of that business, the business of the NFL is it's not a Wall street firm. The organizations are not Goldman Sachs or JP Morgan or Morgan Stanley. They don't have openings every single year. And they're not actively recruiting college graduates for those positions. They're recruiting or hiring guys that they know that are within their network that are very well established college coaches. College gas.

Right. Which makes it even more impressive that you landed the position in the first place.

Yeah, you know, it's something that I'm proud of. It was a great experience. I love doing it. And I was actually called specifically by one organization two hours after I graduated to tell me that they loved me to keep pursuing it. They wanted to hire me, but the major decision maker came in and said.

That.

They never look at college kids for these positions. So tell them to go be a GA for one or two years and then reach out again.

And by organization, do you mean another NFL franchise or team?

Yes.

Yeah. So, Corey, you broke into a very, very competitive job, just like you mentioned, and that is in the NFL. So when other students out there are trying to similarly break into some job that's super, super competitive, how do you advise those students? What are the high leverage points in that?

So what I found to be most useful or most successful is reach out via email. And right in the subject line, just state what your connection is to them. Like if they're not going to recognize your email address or your name right away, say, oh, hi, Harvard Connection. Corey Briggs looking for advice.

Cool. So in the subject line, Harvard Connection, Dash looking for advice.

Right. I've reached out to people from my hometown and just used Sealants Grove. Harvard Connection or Sealants Grove Connection. Harvard student looking for advice. Just look for Those keywords that you think might generate a reaction from them, because, you know, being professional world for the short bit of time that I have, you know, you get a lot of emails, so anything that will just make you stand out is just something that you have to leverage.

Yeah, Corey, I think that's so key. And actually, in my book, I touch on that exact point. And that is, how do you write effective emails? Because that is how people communicate in the workplace. And the prime real estate on any email is a subject line because it's the first thing that someone sees. And if you write a disinteresting subject line, the person's probably not even going to open up your email. So I love that technique that you just recommended to have some kind of catchy title, but yet leverage a commonality that you share with them to kind of intrigue that person to open up the email. I think that's really key. And so then, Corey, when these people are reaching out inside these very competitive industries, they leverage their network, and then to what extent should they focus on the college that they attend?

I think it all depends on the person or the network that you're trying to kind of promote or kind of slide into, I guess, if that's the right way to put it. So if it's someone who you vaguely know, but they definitely would know you from, say, Penn State University, they then absolutely bring that up. Because the one thing that I found is no matter where you went to school, for the most part, people are proud to go there and they want to help students who are at that school. That's why so many Fortune 500 companies, or even privately owned companies whose CEOs went to, say, Virginia Tech, they're going to have a recruiting presence on that campus, and there's a reason for that. So I think that's something that, if that connection will register with them, absolutely. Try to leverage it.

Cool. Yeah, I think that's key advice. Networking is so key, and it's something that I think a lot of students only do if they feel like they have extra time. And what I really, really emphasize, and I'm so happy you brought it up, is that networking is so critical that it can't just be something you do if you have time. It has to be part of what you do at college. And if that requires sacrificing study time, then fine. But networking is so important that you got to make room for it.

Absolutely. I could not agree more.

Cool. So, Corey, you've referenced this several times throughout our chat, and that is you were on the football team, you played varsity football for Harvard. And that obviously comes with it a ton of demands in addition to your classroom demands at college. But I think that actually sets you up in a great position to advise upcoming college students because your time on campus was significantly limited simply because of your football obligations. So what were the high value activities you focused on with your limited time and what are the things that you recommend upcoming college students to focus on?

Well, kind of referencing our last point here is networking. So if I had the choice between, you know, going to the library and reading a case study or going through a case study for my smallest section the next day and going to on campus interview information session from Amazon, I'm going to choose the Amazon networking event 10 times out of 10 just because my view of going to college was, you know, I'm here. I chose Harvard because of the opportunities that presented after I graduated. Right now I have the choice to leverage that opportunity while I'm still in college for a potential job offer and career opportunity. So I wasn't, I didn't see how it made sense for me to turn down that job opportunity where who knows who I could meet there, whether it's another Harvard student or someone at Amazon that could result in a great career move in six months or six years.

So Corey, what do you tell people then who think, you know, I'm afraid if I don't study or I'm afraid if I don't go to this class that I might get question wrong on an exam I might get instead of an A, I might get a B. What's your response to that person at the time?

You think it's the end all, be all, it's the most important decision, like I'm going to have to go to the library and study so I can get a good grade on this test and then that's going to give me a great GPA and then that's how I'm going to get an offer. Whereas when you're in the library studying for that test where you're going to get a A plus instead of A minus or B plus when you're in the library, who knows if there's another student who got a B on that same test, but they went to that on campus interview or that information session or that networking event and they ended up meeting people and getting business cards and leveraging that relationship into a full time job offer. That's what you have to think about.

That's actually my story. I studied really hard at college. I did not really go to many networking events. And I got exactly what I wanted, you know, I got great grades and I graduated at the top of my class.

Class.

But I wasn't at those networking events to actually land a job. And I think what you pinpointed for everyone out there, and I think it's so true and so key is that the job opportunities are created not inside the library. They're created at those networking events. They're created by actually interacting with real people. And if students want a great job or sometimes even a job period, they need to start interacting with real people.

Yeah, absolutely. I mean, it's a balancing act, right? So if you're, you can't spend all your time at the networking events to the point where you don't study and you're not passing classes. Right. But at the same time, you, you have to still have that relationship with other people. And the other thing, those networking events, maybe it might not lead to a job. You know, you might not see the, the benefits or the results of going to that networking event until 2, 3, 4 years, but it's something that could really end up changing your life.

Cool. Corey, one last question about your experience at Harvard. In my book, I encourage students to avoid majoring in liberal arts majors because in general they lack the marketability that other majors have. But one exception I have to this rule is that if you're a student who attended an elite college like Harvard, then this rule against majoring in liberal arts majors doesn't really apply to you because the name of that elite college like Harvard itself, can kind of carry you over top of the lack of marketability of that major. So have you experienced that as a liberal arts major yourself? And you know, having majored in sociology, do you think that whereas another student who majored in sociology from a lesser school might have had a lot of difficulties in the job market that you didn't necessarily have because you graduated from Harvard?

Yeah, yeah, I think so. I mean, so for me, I went into Harvard trying to, to do economics because there wasn't, we didn't have a finance major, so economics was that for us. So I went into it and after six months I realized I was seeing all these upperclassmen graduating with sociology degrees, psychology degrees, government degrees that were not as, quote unquote intense as economics or computer science or those types of things, but they were getting big time job.

Offers, job opportunities simply because they graduate from Harvard. Is that right?

Exactly. And they leveraged their network and they went to all those on campus, interviews and information Sessions and networking events. And they utilized and leveraged their.

Harvard.

Network, but also their Harvard football network and try to get all the help they could. And whether they needed that help or not, they went on to be and are extremely successful. Now, for someone who doesn't have that Ivy League backing, it could be much different.

Cool. So Corey, then what you're saying is you can. If you are a student who attends an Ivy League school like Harvard, a strategic play for you might be to major in a liberal arts program that's not nearly as intensive as a computer science program or an engineering program and use that extra time you save to go out and network. And the difference will be that you might even get a better job than by having majored in a more intensive program such as computer science or engineering.

Yes.

So, Corey, let's switch gears here real.

Quick and dive into the jobs you've held since graduation. So immediately after graduation, you began working as an assistant football coach for Tufts University. And just like the NFL, I understand that those jobs are hyper competitive and super hard to land. So how did you transition into that job?

Back to the old leveraging relationships. So I got the Tufts, I had some other offers and other coaching opportunities at bigger schools that would have probably been more lucrative. But the role wasn't exactly what I wanted to do. It was little coaching.

I mean, I was actually allowed to be on the field. The most important question was whether I knew Adobe Photoshop. And right from there I was turned off.

But you were still offered those positions.

At other super competitive jobs with prestigious football programs?

Yep.

One of those programs is in the acc. And it took lot for me to.

Say no to that, but I just.

Kind of followed, followed my gut, my gut instinct, and I ended up leveraging a relationship through my dad, one of.

My dad's former coaches who actually lived.

With us for three months when I.

Was neighbors with you.

He was up in Boston area, was working, working at Tufts for years. And he just gave me a call one day and said he heard I was interested in getting into coaching and would I be interested in going over and seeing Tufts and possibly working there.

And I said absolutely.

So I went over and it was just a great fit for me. A lot of other guys might have tried to take the more lucrative position.

With.

Better, I guess, reputable school, obviously an ACC school, but I guess just my background and asking the right questions as to what I would actually be.

Doing, what my role was, how much.

Time I'd be able to spend on.

The practice field, what do you see.

The future for me in this position, I just came to realize that it's.

Not at all what I wanted to do. So if I was going to be.

Giving up the amount of money that I could make, leaving with a Harvard.

Degree and not being happy, I would have gone and tried to work directly.

In finance somewhere and make real money. So I was like, it makes no.

Sense for me to do this where I could go to Tufts.

And the first conversation I had with that coach was obviously you want to.

Coach quarterbacks and you do great and.

That'S your background and we just throw.

The ball over the field. But what do you think about for your future career aspirations?

We put you as tight ends coach.

Assistant, offensive line, and really get you.

To learn and understand the front seven.

And the lineman play and linebacker play. And right away I kind of shot up in my chair and I was like, that's extremely interesting to me because I don't know that.

Cool. And all that came from a connection again. So speaking to the power of networking.

Exactly.

Cool. So Corey, one last thing here. You currently work as an asset manager at a real estate investing company. Can you give me the Twitter moments version, as it were, the highlights of what it means to work there and exactly what you're doing now?

Yeah, sure.

So my title is asset manager, which is basically dealing with the day to day operations of our multi million dollar portfolio. So I'm negotiating with vendors, contractors, tenants sometime. Then I'm also managing the relationships and expectations of our third party property managers and engineers. So it's a little bit of everything. Every day is different, which is one of those things that I really learned to enjoy about the role.

Cool. So you've transitioned out of the NFL world, out of the football world as it were, and into more the financial world.

Yes.

Cool. Cool. So Corey, let's transition to the final section of the show, which is also my personal favorite. That's what I like to call the rapid fire question section. And this is where I offer up some quick hitting questions. But that by no means. Means that your answer has to be quick hitting. So you ready for it?

I'm ready.

Cool. Let's do it. So my first question, Corey, is would.

You say there's a specific college track.

To get you where you are today?

Absolutely.

Not that simple. I like it.

Yeah, I mean, just I wouldn't be where I am today and I wouldn't have the experiences to fall back on. And like, let's say if I started freshman year and I wanted to be in real estate and I Decided to buckle down and focus and devote myself to economics at Harvard and real estate. I honestly don't think I would be anywhere different than I am now. I don't think I would be as successful as I am in the role that I am now if I would have done that. And that honestly goes back to kind of the sociology degree. I mean, I didn't expect myself to use it very much in my professional career, but I mean, the study of human interactions and real estate's interactional career, I mean, it's a person to person relationship. Business.

Yeah, no, I like that. I think that a lot of people think that when they commit themselves to a particular major or particular college track, that they kind of lock themselves in for life. And I think, you know, your story is evidence that that's just not true. And there's a lot of ways to get to whatever field you want to get to the top in. So I think that's a really cool hope that you provide for students out there. So, Corey, the second question is, who's.

The first person that comes to mind.

When I say the word successful?

Andrew Barry, who is currently the vice president of player personnel for the Cleveland Browns. He was a guy who I confided in and spoke to almost weekly when I was pursuing the scouting career. And he was a guy who graduated from Harvard. Football player with a bachelor's degree in economics and a master's degree in computer science, which is unheard of.

So he's a smart guy.

He's a smart guy. He was a three time all Ivy League player and all American, went to NFL training camps as a player after having like big time Wall street offers. And they, they all said, go chase your dream. As long as you want your offer, we'll still be here with us. And I heard that from someone somewhere else. Andrew was way too humble to tell me that, but he was approached by teams right after and right now he is 28, 29. He's extremely young. Other people I spoke with thought that he was going to be the youngest GM in NFL history. So that's the first person that I think of. He listens to this. I hope he's not upset that I spoke so highly of him and brought all that up to public knowledge. But he's an impressive person and that's success to me.

Cool. Wow. I love that. That's high praise for someone so relatively young. And I think it's really cool that you don't have to wait to be a man of great character. You don't have to wait to be a man of integrity or even success as you just defined it, can come to you at any age. I think that's really cool. Corey, what is one thing you believe about college that most people don't?

What I found is college teaches you how to learn, not necessarily what to learn. So no matter what your major is, you have to learn how to learn. I mean, that's the biggest thing. Whether it's art history or finance, you go into college with very little background, relatively speaking, and relatively little knowledge of that subject before you get there. So you're starting basically from square one. So the first thing you have to do before you're successful is learn how to learn. Once you learn how to learn and how you can be efficient at learning, that's when you are able to find success and find the freedom to be comfortable with skipping that nights reading and going to a networking event.

All about the high leverage points. Corey.

What'S the best lesson a teacher.

Or a parent or a mentor has taught you?

My grandfather always said you only have one chance to make a first impression. And that's something that I've found to be true no matter what experience I found myself in. You know, obviously the Harvard name and bringing up that H bomb obviously gives you instant credibility. But if I would follow that up with being disrespectful or arrogant, you know, that's their first impression of me. It's like, oh yeah, I met this Harvard guy, but he was arrogant and just complete full of himself. And that's something that is not going to lead to success no matter what field you're in. And that's something that I've really kind of kept with me or tried to my whole life. Just always treat people with respect, understand that if they're meeting you for the first time, show them the real you and be honest and make that first impression positive one. And therefore it will lead to being a memorable first impression.

Cool. Great advice. Corey, what book do you think every high school senior should read?

Obviously yours, Definitely. After everything I've seen, that's a real answer. I mean, it's something that is different than what students have come to know in high school. And it's something that I think will be beneficial to high school kids to read. I mean, whether they take it with them or not, they'll learn pretty quickly all the key points of what you were saying. So yeah, that's a real answer.

Well, I appreciate that. And for all the listeners out there, I did not set Corey up for that at all.

I knew he'd appreciate it, but like I said, that's a very real answer.

Cool. I appreciate that. Corey, last rapid fire question for you here. If you could recommend something to a college student in the form of a tweet, what would that be?

Follow your passion to happiness. Don't follow the paycheck. The paycheck will come and you won't even realize how soon it comes if you're happy doing what you're doing and you have a passion for it. So if your passion is art history, give everything you have to it and you'll find success. But if you're doing something that you don't enjoy doing, it doesn't matter if you went to Harvard or Cape Cod Community College. No offense to anybody out there, but it won't help if you're doing something that you hate. So money doesn't mean anything if you're miserable.

Cool. Yeah, life's too short to be miserable, Cory. I love doing this stuff. So where can people learn more about you and the work that you do and anything else you find interesting professionally?

I think LinkedIn is definitely a solid social media outlet to connect with me, especially if you can kind of drop me a note and. And say that you enjoyed the podcast and if there's any advice or anything I could help anyone out with, I'd love to. I'm on Twitter. I'm not exactly sure what my handle is right now. I think it's cobriggs 12. But I'm on Twitter. And if that's not my handle, then just keep looking through all the Corey Briggs as you can find. And I'm sure once you come across the Harvard one, you found me a.

Little scavenger hunt for listeners out there. Cool. Corey, we'll leave it there. Thanks for coming on.

Absolutely. Thanks for having me. I had a good time.

Hey, guys. Two things that I want to emphasize before I let you go first in my book, I emphasize how going elite, as I call it, meaning attending a super prestigious college like Harvard is filled with extraordinary advantages. Corey's story makes that clear. He refers to the instant credibility that the Harvard name offers as dropping the quote H bomb. It's that powerful. That's why I encourage students to attend elite colleges, even if they are accepted elsewhere, including other colleges on a scholarship. While you might save money in the short run by attending another college, the advantages of attending Harvard stretch out over your entire life. The second point that I want to emphasize is how important networking is. Corey worked in the NFL. One of the hardest to enter industries because of his network. Corey made it a point in his college career to meet people, including Facebook's co founder Eduardo Savrin, and this move has paid serious dividends for Corey. Instead of investing the 13th hour in studying for your examination, get out of the library and go meet some people. That's all for now. Catch you next time.

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