This week there’s been a common theme that has come up that has intrigued me. It’s the difference between communicating “done” and “draft”. When work is sent to me on a project that I’m responsible for, I have completely different feedback if I think you’re “done” vs it’s a “draft” you’re showing me.
I’ve noticed that often people will say something like “I’d like to meet with you about X”. Unfortunately, if will often not happen. When you are requesting a meeting, or responding to a meeting request, there are a few things to be sure to do to make sure it happens.
You are asked to get information from someone, where do you start? If you know the person and have worked with them, then it is easy – you know how to communicate with them. If you don’t know the person, you have to figure out what forms of communication they use to be able to …
I was looking at statistics for websites tonight, and found something that was rather surprising to me. It appears that, out of the sites that I maintain, the most popular time of the day on these sites appears to be between 11AM and 1PM. I was intrigued, my mind wandered, and , I wonder what …
“Chris, can you complete X by tomorrow by 5PM.” asks Bob. “Sure, I will do that.” I respond. Awesome, I know that I’m supposed to complete X, and I committed to completing it by 5PM tomorrow. I know what I need to do, and when I need to have it complete. I work on the …
Adapting to others is a very important aspect of life. Without being able to adapt to others, you’ll only be friends with people like you. While I’m sure that you think you’re amazing, everyone is just not the same as you. If they were the same as you, life would be boring. You don’t want …
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