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LETTER 8-10: GENERAL
Your Make Something Happen Letter can take unusual forms, as in this example.
After her interview and after sending her follow-up letters, this executive knew she
was among the finalists for a job she very much wanted. To pivot the hiring decision in her
direction, she sent her prospective employer this gift by messenger.
In Tiffany’s signature blue box with its white ribbon, she placed a walnut shell, which
she had previously emptied of its fruit.

Inside the shell, she put a small slip of paper, slightly bigger than the paper on which
fortunes are printed in traditional fortune cookies. Along with her handwritten signature,
the paper contained the following typewritten message:

In a nutshell, I would love to work for you.

A n n Tr i p

She got the job.

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