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How to Handle People Who Waste Your Time #shorts

Name: How to Handle People Who Waste Your Time #shorts
Uploaded: 2023-10-20T19:00:03+00:00
Duration: 45 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this short video, Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP offers three concise strategies for dealing with people who waste your time. First, she advises against…

20 Oct 2023 · 1 min

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In this short video, Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP offers three concise strategies for dealing with people who waste your time. First, she advises against accepting vague meeting requests; instead, schedule a meeting with a clear start and end time and an agenda to protect your time. Second, she cautions against doing other people's work, suggesting you prompt them to share their own solutions or ask if they expect you to simply look something up. Third, she encourages the use of artificial deadlines, recommending you interrupt lengthy conversations by stating you only have a few minutes before you must leave, thereby setting a boundary and limiting interruptions.

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How to handle people who waste your time. Number 1, stop saying yes to the vague request for a meeting. Hey, can I have 5 minutes of your time? Hey, can I run something by you? It's never 5 minutes. It's never just one thing. Instead, calendar it. Have a start time and an end time. And most of all, have an agenda because your time is too valuable for the ambiguous. Number 2, stop doing other people's work for them. I know you want to be helpful, but that helpfulness is like an addiction to the lazy. So instead, just encourage them by asking something like, "Well, what solution do you have so far?" And if you need something that's a little less direct, you can always say, "Are you asking me to Google it?" Number 3, don't be ashamed of artificial deadlines. If somebody comes in and just starts talking, it's totally okay to interrupt them and say, "Hey, I got 3 minutes and then I gotta get back after it." So try that and follow me.