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831: How to Manage Multiple Projects without the Overwhelm with Elizabeth Harrin

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

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Is There Anything You Can Do About It?

It helps to invite people to participate and explain the reasons behind why their participation is valuable. People like to do things because there's a reason behind it, not just because they've been asked. The other thing that works is allowing them to set their own deadlines. If you go to somebody and say, I need this by Tuesday, their instant reaction might be, oh, I can't do that. You can't tell me what to do. Whereas if you can say we need this piece of work done and your boss has suggested that you're the right person to do it, how much time do you think this might take?

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