Comments on: How My College Experience Impacts My Workday http://joebuddejr.com/how-my-college-experience-impacts-my-workday Finding Efficiencies in Accounting, IT, Business Operations and life! Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:23:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Joe http://joebuddejr.com/how-my-college-experience-impacts-my-workday/comment-page-1#comment-669 Joe Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:02:43 +0000 http://joebuddejr.com/?p=96#comment-669 Matt~ Way to hit the target. I might have to take a whole post to talk about that! I think dealing with interruptions is the hardest part about work. The main thing is using that decline button on meeting invites from outlook. Ask folks to reschedule if a meeting falls in your "sweet spot" that time you use to work on your "frog". Other than that, if someone stops by to just chat about something while you are obviously busy, say something along these lines "Hey matt, I'm really glad you stopped by but I am really trying to finish some work on this project, are you able to get together today/tomorrow at lunch to talk about this?" Extend relationships while being firm in your desire to make progress from 8-5. Good luck with those interruptions! I'd love to hear how you currently deal with them! Matt~ Way to hit the target. I might have to take a whole post to talk about that! I think dealing with interruptions is the hardest part about work.

The main thing is using that decline button on meeting invites from outlook. Ask folks to reschedule if a meeting falls in your “sweet spot” that time you use to work on your “frog”.

Other than that, if someone stops by to just chat about something while you are obviously busy, say something along these lines “Hey matt, I’m really glad you stopped by but I am really trying to finish some work on this project, are you able to get together today/tomorrow at lunch to talk about this?”

Extend relationships while being firm in your desire to make progress from 8-5. Good luck with those interruptions! I’d love to hear how you currently deal with them!

]]> By: Matt Welty http://joebuddejr.com/how-my-college-experience-impacts-my-workday/comment-page-1#comment-625 Matt Welty Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:08:24 +0000 http://joebuddejr.com/?p=96#comment-625 Awesome post! I wonder if you thought those were going to be the things you used in the real world when you were learning them in college. I also think that it is great that you picked email as your example of a place where feedback could occur. I turn to email far too often throughout the day. I have a question though. How do you deal with interruptions? If you don't have a door on your cube you can shut, did you learn anything at Miami or elsewhere that helps you be efficient when others insert themselves into your schedule? Awesome post!

I wonder if you thought those were going to be the things you used in the real world when you were learning them in college. I also think that it is great that you picked email as your example of a place where feedback could occur. I turn to email far too often throughout the day.

I have a question though. How do you deal with interruptions? If you don’t have a door on your cube you can shut, did you learn anything at Miami or elsewhere that helps you be efficient when others insert themselves into your schedule?

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