Everyone has that aunt. You know the one. She still has a rotary phone hanging on her kitchen wall – not ironically, not as décor, just because it works. And right next to it, a notepad. Notes from long friendly phone conversations. Who she should call back. Errands she needs to run. People she wants to send a letter – yes, a letter, with an envelope and a stamp. Everything written down, orderly, a list with no real order, but crossed off when done. She’s not particularly tech-savvy. She’s not type-A. She just figured out a long time ago that a good day doesn’t happen on its own. It has to be organized into existence.
She has never worked remotely. She has never managed a distributed team. But if she had, she would have been very good at it. Not that she would tell you so, you just know it.
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