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From Conan O’Brien’s longtime assistant and cohost of his podcast, Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend, a completely hilarious and irreverent how-to guide for becoming a terrible, yet unfireable employee, spilling her trade secrets for minimizing effort while maximizing the rewards.
Sona Movsesian didn’t wake up one day and decide to become the World’s Worst Assistant. Achieving such greatness is a gradual process—one that starts with long hours and hard work before it eventually descends into sneaking low-dosage edibles into your lunch and napping on your boss’s couch.
With a forward from Conan O’Brien, The World’s Worst Assistant is a mixture of how-tos (like How to Nap at Work and How to Watch TV at Your Desk), tips for becoming untouchable (like memorizing social security and credit card numbers and endearing yourself to friends and family), and incredible personal stories from Sona’s twelve years spent working for Conan that put their adorable closeness and professional dysfunction on display. In this audiobook, Sona will explain her descent from eager, hard-working, ambitious, detail-orientated assistant to self-awarded title-holder for the worst in history.
This book is irresistible fun you’ll want to give to every young professional in your life. For listeners of heartfelt humor like that of Phoebe Robinson and Colin Jost, The World’s Worst Assistant is a chance for fans, viewers, and listeners of Conan’s shows and podcast to fall in love with Sona and Conan all over again.
Critic reviews
"[Sona's] narrative offers a refreshing departure from the traditional assistant horror stories of pleasing a tyrant boss.... Brimming with heart and humor, this story of failing upward is a hoot."—Publishers Weekly
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- Mariana Soto
- 14-10-23
The best life lesson
I love this book so much. Funny and heartwarming. Do yourself a favour and just get it.
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- piernikowyludek
- 19-10-22
Uplifting and relatable
If more people adopted Sona's uncompromising attitude to workplace wellbeing our jobs would be a thousand times better. Thank you Sona, the book was such a relaxing and fun listen!
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- Anonymous User
- 21-08-22
I knew I would love it
I love Sona. And I loved this book. Really her style :) Couldn't wait to get it and finally I did. It was so good. Awesome that Conan is part of it also. I am big fan of Team Coco and I always will be.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-02-23
BRILLIANT AND HILARIOUS
I love all of the stories. She’s ace! A peak behind the showbiz curtain but in a real, non braggy way. I love her honesty and I think that we all need to be a bit more like Sona. Thank you for sharing x
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- Jennifer Matthews
- 11-10-23
What Would Sona Do?
I listened to this on the drive to or from work on particularly hard days. It was entertaining and funny, but Sona’s values are so spot-on that it reminded me not to take any toxic work nonsense too seriously. Totally need merch that says: WWSD - what would Sona do??
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- Tank
- 18-12-22
As you would expect from Sona…
Very funny, easy listen she should have a regular blog talking about her day to day life in and out of work! 😊
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- PAULA HARRINGTON
- 08-06-23
Sona good.
A must for all Sona fans. The heart and soul of Conans journey. Really enjoyed this. Great listen.
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- Sarah C
- 04-09-22
Great listen
Sona is a natural storyteller. This book is witty and over too quickly! I love the podcast, but it’s lovely to hear Sona’s story on its own.
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- Amazon Customer
- 25-11-22
Really enjoyable
Big Conan fan. I really enjoyed, just wish it was a bit longer though
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- genevieve ryan
- 14-04-23
A great way to waste the afternoon! ❤️
Loved it! A friendly, laugh out loud good time. While you might not learn anything, you feel as if you are having a long chat with a good friend. Thank you Sona
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