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Work 10 min DREAM
I start a new job soon. What do I do first, and what do I leave alone?
A 30, 60 and 90 day plan for a new job: what to learn, who to ask, what to deliver and what to leave alone.
Moment 15 prompts 5 scenes
New job.
You’re the new person and you want the first months to count.
More for this moment.
14 more prompts, drawn from 5 scenes.
Know yourself 10 min What can everyone see about me except me?
Up to three likely blind spots with the evidence, and a question to check the biggest one.
2 versions
Know yourself 10 min What’s it like to be on the receiving end of me?
A fair guess at how you come across to one person in your life, and what they hold back.
Know yourself 20 min Write the user manual for working with me.
A one-page guide to working with you that you could hand to a new manager or teammate.
2 versions
Know yourself 20 min I’m not the best at anything. What’s rare about my mix?
The two or three things you do that are common on their own and uncommon together.
Work 10 min Why do my manager and I keep missing each other?
A one-page read on what your manager needs from you, three changes to try, and one question to ask them.
Work 10 min I got the job offer. What do I ask for before I say yes?
What’s open to discussion in a job offer, the two things worth asking for, and a reply you can send.
Focus 5 min Who’s doing what by when? Here are my messy notes.
Decisions, actions with owners and dates, open questions, and a follow-up message ready to send.
Focus 10 min What am I doing that someone else could do?
Your regular tasks sorted into keep, hand over now and teach once, with a handoff note ready to send.
Focus 10 min Before I start this project, what should I have decided?
A one-page brief: what done means, what’s out of scope, the first three moves and the likeliest stall.
Learn 5 min Use something I already know to explain something I don’t.
A new idea mapped onto a world you know well, with a clear note on where the comparison fails.
Learn 10 min Show me how people in this field think, not just what they know.
The few ideas a field’s people think with, the mistakes outsiders make, and a case to try them on.
Learn 5 min I have to use a new tool at work. What do I learn first?
The few things to learn first in a new work tool, mapped from the one you’re leaving behind.
Write and create 5 min Same message, different reader. What has to change?
Your piece reworked for a different reader, with a list of what changed and why.
Write and create 5 min How do I describe myself without sounding smug or small?
Three short bios built from facts, in three tones, and the one detail people will remember.
There is a pack for this.
A sequence is a small set of prompts you run in order, one step at a time.
New job, first month
Arrive prepared, learn fast and get on well with your manager.
- 01 I start a new job soon. What do I do first, and what do I leave alone?
- 02 How do I describe myself without sounding smug or small?
- 03 I have to use a new tool at work. What do I learn first?
7 steps
Other moments.
This is one of 16. These two sit on either side of it.