Being "chalant"—playfully flirting with everyone—is a social skill you can practice. The speaker sent a cheeky email to his Morgan Stanley wealth manager about a $100-plus commission and got the fees reversed. Charm works better than confrontation.
You know how people say nonchalant? Be chalant. Don't be nonchalant. Chalant as hell. Yeah, be chalant. Try hard. There's this tweet that's been going viral. They said flirt with everyone. Flirt with women, flirt with men, flirt with old people, flirt with kids. Just flirt with everybody. It's nonsexual, but literally just be the most playful, charming person you could be at all times. Like, practice this muscle. And I actually think this is 100% true. I know a couple of people in my life that are like this. I'm not really like that, but I've been starting to do it just for fun. Just as a little minigame. I emailed my wealth manager at Morgan Stanley and I was like, hey, I made this trade and it was like a commission of like $100-something at the end of like the trade. I was like, you got this magic button you could push that makes all those fees go away? And that was what I sent, you know, the private wealth manager. And he goes, he just replied, magic button pushed, commissions reversed, enjoy your trading. And I was like, just flirt with everybody. Like I could have been an annoying Karen complaining. I could have just— I could have just took it, done nothing. I just flirted a little bit, and everybody likes to be flirted with.
