WISE GIRL: How the Mafia Taught Me to Succeed on Wall Street... and in Comedy

by Elyse DeLucci

Overview

There she was, a small girl thinking why Wise Guys in no Wise Girls? Elyse DeLucci ­- former Wall Street executive and stand-up comedian (yes you read that right) - i­s here to tell you how to get ahead in your career and life. With her signature New York voice, this standup comedian, podcast host (New York Tawk with Elyse DeLucci) and viral social media personality, lays out the principles she learned from her loud New York Italian-American family.

These are The Rules she learned (sometimes the hard way) from her first job in a boiler room, to climbing the corporate ranks, to comedy stages across the country.

From Be Cool (Rule #1) because They Will Test You (#17) to Omertà: The Code of Silence (#24), Wise Girl guides you through the shark tank of businesses, bosses, and co-workers... just remember to Slice Garlic Thin (#31). 

As a woman in a male-dominated world, Elyse is here to tell you how to get through it: You Gotta Laugh (#32). You don't have to follow The Rules in Wise Girl, but you'll wish you had.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798986787121
Publisher:	Burnaby Books
Publication date:	04/10/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	978,590
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Elyse DeLucci is a business executive, stand-up comedian and kimono wearing hostess of the New York Tawk with Elyse DeLucci podcast. She's currently the SVP and Chief Digital Officer of a commercial bank and formerly the Head of Digital Revenue & Strategy at one of the world's largest financial exchanges, where she favors a sharp blue blazer. Elyse has completed Executive Education programs from Harvard Business School in Digital Strategy and University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business in Managerial Economics and Leadership. Her training in stand-up is a little more organic.She lives with her two daughters in Manhattan, New York.

Table of Contents

Introduction: A Woman in Business

The Rules List 

1. Murder? Panic? Heartbreak?

2. Saying Goodbye

3. God, It Was Stuffy in There

4. The Italian-American Diaspora

5. Lemons to Limoncello

6. Interview in the Boiler Room 

7. Why So Many Rules? 

8. No One is Paying You to Gossip

9. Money Talks...Loud

10. Hobbies and Hustles

11. Cover Your Tush...and Get Your Hand Off Mine

12. Work Hazing

14. They Would Not Murder Each Other

15. And Introducing Elyse

16. Bosses Have Opinions

17. Respect the Commission

18. Two Steps Ahead

19. A Performer is Born

20. Omertà: The Code of Silence

21. Sprezzatura: The Italian Art of Looking Great

22. Keep Your Eyes Open and You'll Find Versailles

23. Nightgowns and Screaming

24. Reputation is Everything

25. Slice the Garlic Thin

26. So I Tried Stand-Up

27. If I Don't Do It, I'll Regret It

28. A Few Words on Mental Health

28. The Best Job I Ever Had

Sign off From Love Bunny Cottage

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