Things My Manager Has Said Offhandedly That Have Been Inadvertently Helpful: An Unordered and Incomplete List

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  • “Everything is iterative at best; nothing is ever finished. We don’t want to let perfection become the enemy of “good and delivered.”
    • I’m a neurodivergent virgo. Perfectionism gets in my way…a lot.
  • “If you don’t block off the time on your calendar, someone else will do it for you.”
    • Seizing the small control of folks not being able to just drop onto my calendar without warning plus being able to plan longer stretches of uninterrupted actually-get-shit-done time has done wonders.
  • “There should always be people you’re treating with benign neglect.”
    • Can’t be everything to everyone all the time, especially if you’re to have any chance of ever prioritizing yourself. There’s no harm in taking time to refill your cup instead of filling someone else’s.
  • “The world is made of things to avoid.”
    • Procrastination is sometimes the only reasonable response.