Rachel Feintzeig

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1,709 appearances 29 recordings 1 series first heard Aug 2019 last heard Nov 2024

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WSJ Your Money Briefing · How to Be Left Alone at Work, Without Being Left Behind · 23 Oct 2023 podcast

He would take a look at the contours of his boss's schedule. matched

So he would glean what he could from maybe taking a look at the boss's calendar if you can access it or just a sense of what's coming up on my team or in the company this week. matched

And then he would proactively go to his manager and be like, I see you have a meeting with this client. matched

Here's a report you could give them. matched

And so the boss feels prepared. matched

They know that you have everything under control. matched

Now you've helped them totally prepare for their meeting. matched

And then you know that you have this chunk of time to just be creative and really hunker down with the deep work. matched

We think of it as like a boss is just telling us what to do and it goes one way. matched

And that's certainly true. matched

A lot of our job is about asking for permission, taking direction, but there's so much more freedom you can have when you build that confidence in your boss. matched

This quote from someone I talked to for this piece about like, you're handling your world. matched

They don't have to worry about you. matched

And that is well within our control in many boss-employee relationships. matched

Absolutely. matched

This can work in a couple of ways. matched

You could be left behind if the company kind of pivots direction. matched

You don't even know what kind of the latest projects are and even something like you might be more likely to be laid off if you're not developing those kind of newer skills. matched

And then you just might not get put on the coolest projects because no one even knows that you're out there if you're flying too under the radar. matched

So this was a suggestion from Michael Solomon, who helps to lead this organization called 10X Management. matched

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