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Time management and delegation hacks

Time management and delegation hacks

From the course: Just Ask: Dorie Clark on Personal Effectiveness

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Time management and delegation hacks

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(upbeat tones) - [Rebecca] Hi, my name is Rebecca. I'm a legal recruiter from Atlanta, Georgia. And my question for you is what are your best hacks and ideas for managing your time, getting more done, and delegating? (upbeat tones) - [Dorie] Rebecca, my best life hack for getting more done actually is borrowed from a guy named Paul Graham who is well-known in the Silicon Valley world. He's a founder of Y Combinator, the innovative incubator. And he came up with a concept which he wrote about a number of years ago called manager time and maker time. And this is something that I've followed pretty religiously for a number of years. And it has been so helpful to me. And here is how it goes. The basic premise is that manager time, you know, if you imagine what managers do all day, it's basically a series of back-to-back meetings, phone calls, just these sort of little things, checking in, keeping the ball moving forward, the…

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