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Alli Peck's manager told her work is like the ocean: high tides bring heavy workloads, low tides bring breathing room. The advice: enjoy the slow periods while they last, because the busy seasons always come back.
Alli Peck's manager told her work is like the ocean: high tides bring heavy workloads, low tides bring breathing room. The advice: enjoy the slow periods while they last, because the busy seasons always come back.
I learned a valuable lesson years ago about being busy at work. I was wrapping up a project at work, and I knew I'd have more bandwidth soon for a new project. So I approached my manager and told him that this man damn near yelled at me. And he told me, never ask a manager that again. He said, work is like the ocean. Sometimes it's high tide and there's lots of work. Sometimes the tide is down and you may feel bored or like maybe you're not earning your pay. And then he told me, and I quote, shut up and enjoy the low tide. It'll be high tide again eventually.
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