What is the most useful skill/tip/strategy you’ve learned that made your job significantly easier?

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Stop caring as much

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Absolutely this. Also made me lazy tho lol

Delegating

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This is the only acceptable answer

If your weekly status meeting goes well you can coast... Until the next weekly status meeting

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1) Don’t take anything personal
2) Learn to say no and don’t feel bad about it

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Yes! It's not about "you".

Good people will leave me/team and my true measure as a leader is how well people that I have mentored/helped do in my org and elsewhere. Really helps.

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Everything’s about perception. Always act like you’re busy

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Do not spin on things the client doesn’t care about. Speak up internally to reduce this if needed. Find out what they do care about and spend your time there.

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Figure out who the generous managers are and seek them out to work with. You don’t want to get stuck working under a manager who is stingy in promoting people.

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Sleeping with my eyes open

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