It’s rare when the majority of monkeys on your back are ones you placed there yourself.
More often, it’s someone else’s monkey.
“Can you provide feedback on this?”
“Here’s the report, will you pass it on?”
“Invites can’t go out until you select a date. Can you do that?”
The smartest of managers recognize that there is a threshold where one can no longer handle the number of monkeys on one’s back. The beauty of this is that you can count them and have a general idea of the number of monkeys you can handle.
Knowing your limit helps you better assess when to take on another monkey or when you need to focus on putting them back on someone else’s back.
Stay Positive & Manage Yourself
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Garth Beyer is a Certified Cicerone®, Product Marketer, owner of Garth's Brew Bar and a Madison-based freelance writer.
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