Work
Small steps that worked for real people, on work.
The sky over Work · 19 small steps
- Attach the file before you write the email
- Break the To field on purpose
- Buy yourself a minute after send
- Draft it where it can’t send
- Let the workload say no for you
- Listen your way in
- Match your loyalty to theirs
- Not knowing yet is the job
- Proofread past the spellcheck
- Tell the new one they're doing fine
- The address goes in last
- The donut gambit
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- workMatch your loyalty to theirsAn employer's loyalty runs precisely as far as its need for you — no further. Not a reason for dread: a permission slip to stop over-sacrificing.
- workNot knowing yet is the jobThe first months of a new job have a secret job description: not knowing. The two-month trough is normal, questions are the work, and it turns.
- workTell the new one they're doing fineNew people hold no power, no friendships, no map — and never forget who was kind right then. Say it's normal to wobble; say when they've done well.
All 19 tips on work
- Ask the internet for people, not pages
- Attach the file before you write the email
- Break the To field on purpose
- Buy yourself a minute after send
- Draft it where it can’t send
- Let the workload say no for you
- Listen your way in
- Match your loyalty to theirs
- Not knowing yet is the job
- Proofread past the spellcheck
- Tell the new one they're doing fine
- The address goes in last
- The donut gambit
- The one who warns you about everyone
- The tab you just lost has an undo button
- Three doors to liking your work
- When “people skills” means “play the game”
- Write it down while they show you
- Write it hot, send it cold
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