This is Stevea Robbins. Welcome to get it done guys, quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Until now, most of my tips have been from the perspective of employees, and we're going to be branching out into topics for employers and managers.

So please send feedback, questions, and comments to help us choose future topics.

What do managers do anyway?

Early in my career, I didn't know.

At my first job out of college, my first manager was Sheldon.

Sheldon always looked rather worried.

He would scurry around the office being busy and worried.

But as for what he actually did, it remained a mystery.

But someday, I knew the secrets would be revealed. Eventually, I became a manager. At last, they would share the sacred

tome of management knowledge. Surely, chapter one would be all about what managers do. I'd read

it, hunker down, and become the best manager ever.

Nope.

They didn't give me the sacred tome.

They just said, you're a manager now.

No instruction, no training.

They just tossed me into the deep end of the managerial swimming pool without swimming

lessons.

Fortunately, I didn't sink.

In the 16th century, this would have meant that I was a witch.

In modern times, it just means something about, this would have meant that I was a witch. In modern times,

it just means something about my fat to muscle ratio that I would really rather not examine too

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