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Ep. 227: Visions of the Deep Life?

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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How to Communicate a Time Estimate to a Client

Most people, and we argue this all the time on the show, what really matters to them is not immediate action or responsiveness. You just want to be able to get this off their plate and trust it's going to get done. I recommend using something like a digital task board to keep track of all this. Then you identify the next step for that project. That's the thing you give the time estimate on when you pull the big project to your active list.

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