This is Stevea Robbins.

Welcome to the Get It Done guys, quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Everyone loves drama.

We go to the theater.

We watch ministers beat each other bloody and fight church,

the real-life documentary of churches that have a mixed martial arts practice.

And, of course, we can't resist watching YouTube channels

where sweet,

adorable kittens duke it out over a stuffed mouse. Oh, so cute. But most of us don't really

want drama in our professional lives. And yet, we use the internet. The internet lets us

communicate in 10,000 different ways, so coordinating and negotiating anything takes a billion

more steps.

Then, when a negotiation gets dropped or delivered to the wrong inbox or accidentally BCC to the

entire company, leading your boss to ask at the next status meeting, what is a ball gag anyway?

Drama arises. One person ends up knowing something that another one doesn't. One person shows up on

time, snow shoes, and flamethrower

in hand while their teammate is at home watching Netflix having missed the calendar invite.

Chaos ensues. And we don't want chaos. Trust me. So tame the chaos. Be deliberate with

your communication with your colleagues and friends. Choose a communication platform that your

teammate uses.

It's easy to blast someone on every social media platform they inhabit until you get the

response you want. But that takes time, and then you risk them getting the messages on different

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