Improve work life balance by managing your meetings better
Imagine this...it is Friday evening. You are almost done for the day and ready to sign off for the weekend. You get a slack call from your manager asking for status of a competitive study. First you get confused and then realize that your manager was counting on your to complete it this week. Now, you are in a fix. You say that you are working on it and will get it ready soon. You end the call. You have no option but to cancel some of your evening and weekend plans to complete the competitive study. All of this could have been avoided if you sent a summary with action items and timeline after your previous 1-1 with your manager. Everyone wants a better work life balance. If you are still stressed and anxious about a work task after you signed off for the day, then you are doing something wrong. In my experience, anxiety comes when there is ambiguity or lack of understanding of what needs to be done and how much effort is needed. Product managers and others involved in ...