Getting clear on your short-term goal can help you evaluate whether to volunteer for a committee or take on an extra work assignment.

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Getting clear on your short-term goals can help you evaluate whether to volunteer for a committee or take on an extra work assignment.

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As an extra-credit assignment one afternoon, I asked the students to draw a picture representing the Mississippi Delta.

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Although there is no magic answer, let me suggest one basic guideline: Whether you are commissioning or receiving the work, spend extra time shaping an assignment at the beginning.

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It may be necessary to exercise unusual patience and spend extra time walking recent graduates through an assignment and nurturing their capacity to motivate themselves.

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