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I have plenty to do but the last few years I've done a smart thing to avoid this for smaller tasks: If someone comes with a small request that I want to help t
by eitland 5y ago
I have plenty to do but the last few years I've done a smart thing to avoid this for smaller tasks:
If someone comes with a small request that I want to help them with I do two things:
1. make sure following up on it is their responsibility. I'll do it, not be PM for it.
2. for really small things, bring it to my house at a time we agree on and wait until it is done. Nothing gets left here for me to look at "whenever I have time" because I never have. If it is important they come to my house and wait until it is done.
- MandieD 5y agoJust wanted you to know that you've made my life a bit better today. "I'll do it, not be the PM for it" -> a great, more positive rephrasing of what I often tell people for this sort of thing: "please bother me until I get back with you about it." And the second is a brilliant filter for how much someone truly needs/wants something "small".
- eitland 5y agoNow you made my lunch better. Thanks!