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Optimal Work Daily - Career, Productivity and Entrepreneurship

Optimal Work Daily - Career, Productivity and Entrepreneurship

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1203: [Part 1] How to Know the Right Skills (and Perfect Time) to Hire by Michael Mehlberg on How to Hire For Your Business

1203: [Part 1] How to Know the Right Skills (and Perfect Time) to Hire by Michael Mehlberg on How to Hire For Your Business

2024-01-16
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Episode 1203:

Michael Mehlberg's article offers invaluable insights for small business owners grappling with the timing and skills needed for new hires. He introduces a method to eliminate uncertainty in hiring, incorporating Eisenhower's priority matrix to discern urgent and important tasks, a technique that significantly aids in making confident, strategic hiring decisions.

Read along with the original article(s) here: https://michaelmehlberg.com/blog/2016/11/14/how-to-know-the-right-skills-and-perfect-time-to-hire

Quotes to ponder:

"What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important." –Dwight Eisenhower

"You should complete the urgent and important tasks immediately. Not urgent and not important ones should be thrown out immediately."

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