How to Be a Boss: 16 Tips from Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

You can’t cast spells on your competitors or make debt vanish—you’ll just have to chase bossdom the good old-fashioned way. But you can still learn a thing or two from half-witch Sabrina Spellman in her quest to be a boss. We bring you 16 lessons for life and business—no magic required—from Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.

So you wanna be a boss. Netflix and chill will yourself to get off the couch already. How to Be a Boss (According to Your Favorite Shows) is your excuse to binge all the TV you want. It’s career inspiration, right? As for me, chain-watching teen dramas now qualifies as research to bring you this informative series. We all win.

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On the night of her dark baptism, Sabrina Spellman decided that, no, she’d rather not work for The Man, and took her destiny into her own hands. (Okay, so she eventually signed up with the Dark Lord, but we all have setbacks. Even witches.) In Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, our heroine is caught between two worlds: juggling half-mortal life with a half-witch twilight side gig, astral-projecting around to perform random acts of magic and meddling. When does she sleep? (Do witches need sleep? No matter—it’s all in the pursuit of getting to the top.)

Yes, muggle, like me, you can’t cast spells on the competition or make debt vanish or see the future through a malum malus. You’ll just have to chase bossdom the good old-fashioned way. But you can still learn a thing or two from Sabrina’s consistent bumbling (pesky human half, I banish thee!) in her quest to be a boss. We bring you 16 lessons for life and business—no magic required—from the witches and witch-adjacent of Greendale.

1. Being a boss is hard work, but don’t burn the candle at both ends (lest you summon your inner demons).

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2. …and if you do, practice some self care. Sleep like the dead (or with them) whenever you can.

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3. When they go low, you go high.

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4. Stop at nothing to reach your goals (even if it means knocking out competition with a bout of chicken pox).

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5. Get energized for your busy day of bossdom with a balanced breakfast of eye of newt fruit and feather of fowl toast.

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6. Remember that body language is everything.

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7. Surround yourself with people who support you no matter what. Even mortals will do.

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8. …and support them, too. But witch, please, there’s no need to bring magic into it.

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9. Make careful alliances. Sometimes chosen family > real family.

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10. Challenge tradition and make your own rules. Who says a girl can’t be Top Boy?

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11. …or even High Priest. Topple. That. Patriarchy.

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12. Be your true self.

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13. …and don’t be held back by your limitations. They can only make you stronger (like, who needs sight when you have sight).

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14. Do things, tell people.

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15. When stakes are high, engage only your most trusted advisors (or familiars).

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16. Lastly, why stop at boss when you can be queen?

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Feature image by Niall McClelland