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So I was talking to somebody the other day Mark and they asked me some

questions that I hadn't really thought of before I thought and I thought everybody

would know the answers to these and since you wrote the show notes you know the questions

that she asked of me and that they were what if I do if I'm going to be late to an appointment

like with my boss or a work appointment how How do I communicate an impending deadline miss?

And she was getting ready to be late on some deadlines.

And she wanted to know what to do about it.

And what do I do when I'm going to be late, either me late or my work and maybe there's a difference

there so those are the questions she asked and it shocked me so I shared with those

with you it's interesting a lot of people would be kind of disappointed to hear those questions at all, but actually to tell you the truth, I'm actually kind of pleased because there's generally been a switch in the last 20 or 30 years that lateness you don't have to

communicate about it that forward communication about this proactive

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