Practice doesn’t always come from doing more. It comes from doing the right things enough times that you can count on them when things get stressful. Most people think that if they want to get better at projects, they should…
Not all feedback is equally valuable; sometimes, it wastes more time than receiving nothing at all. Consider a scenario where a novice worker circulates an initial project plan, timeline, or progress note, and it is met with bland reassurance: “Seems…
Most bad project plans aren’t bad because the person making them didn’t bother. They’re bad because their first shot at a plan looks more finished than it is useful. Someone new often tries to build a calendar with tasks ordered…
A first project can seem much more difficult than it really is. Often, it comes to you in one big lump: the goal, the deadline, the variables, the unknowns, and that low-level dread that you’re missing something vital. Novices respond…
