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The Bystander Effect (opens the original)
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Hey friendWelcome to 200 Word Tuesdays. Where we give you short, actionable ideas to implement in your project management. We promise that you haven’t heard these powerful ideas anywhere else.Let’s get started.The Bystander Effect is a problem we all deal with.The larger the group, the less likely an individual is to take action.The Bystander Effect isn’t just a social psychology concept, it’s a real challenge.In projects, this can manifest in subtle but costly ways: excessively large meetings w
I found the top 25 skills you should learn to make yourself into the most valuable person you know (opens the original)
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Education used to be about one particular skill. Or a very narrowly defined set of skills.Because work demanded it.Butcher, baker, candlestick-maker.Lawyer, doctor, accountant.And so we trained for that skill through school, university, college, or a vocational program, and then you just did it, year after year.But is that still true? Is that still the best way to build a career, build wealth, or build a life?Let’s start where we are. The reality of the situation is that…Jobs are changing faster
Proceed Consciously (opens the original)
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Hey friendWelcome to 200 Word Tuesdays. Where we give you short, actionable ideas to implement in your project management. We promise that you haven’t heard these powerful ideas anywhere else.Let’s get started.How will you get what you want unless you:Know what you want.Proceed consciously in that direction.Many people have a vague idea of what they want. It may not be fully formed, but it is there. (How to decide what you want is a topic for another time.)However, after that initial step, ther
Making Decisions with Inversions (opens the original)
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Hey friendWelcome to 200 Word Tuesdays. Where we give you short, actionable ideas to implement in your project management. We promise that you haven’t heard these powerful ideas anywhere else.Let’s get started.Want to Make Better Decisions? Use This Mental ModelProject managers make countless decisions: allocating resources, setting priorities, handling unexpected issues. But decision-making is mentally exhausting and time-consuming. What if you could make faster, better decisions with less effo
7 Things Senior PMs Do Instead of "Real" Work (opens the original)
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I posted a Note a while back that said this:The more senior I get, the less “real” work I seem to do. But I spend more time talking, strategising, unblocking, teaching, thinking, listening, stressing.Turns out a lot of people felt that too.But equally, a number of people feel that “real” work needs to have a more tangible, visible result. Lines on paper. Numbers in a spreadsheet. Sent emails and pdf documents.So let’s break it down. If your job has started to feel less like doing and more like e
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