Thread by @TheJobCrafter

The better your notes, the easier it is to manage your boss. Seriously.

Managing up takes planning, communication, relationship building & integrity.

Here are 3 ways to unlock that superpower by simply building a repository of tagged daily notes: 🧵👇🏻 #Ship30for30

1/10

1️⃣ Use Daily Pages to Plan Your Day, Week, Month, Quarter, and Year

Daily Pages ground your thinking to time-based buckets (rather than just project folders).

Reflect on yesterday and plan for today and tomorrow.

2/10

When you reflect and plan, you can focus on what you need from your boss to meet your goals.

When you show your boss you've got the wheel, they won't actually need specifics about little tasks.

That unlocks autonomy, agency, and a higher plane of thinking about your work.

3/10

2️⃣ Track Feedback and Relationship Details

Your relationship with your boss is like a marriage: It's two-way, requires compromise and communication, and regular feedback and action.

4/10

TRACK WHAT YOUR BOSS NEEDS.

This will inform how you relate to them. If you know their goals, you can help them achieve them too.

Use the #Boss tag in your note system to track their feedback, priorities, and goals

5/10

🏷 #Boss tag THEIR priorities... as they tell you!

🏷 #Boss tag any work YOU do that helps them meet THEIR goals.

⚡⚡🎩⚡⚡Magic time: Pull your #Boss page up before your next meeting and show them how YOU have contributed to THEIR GOALS.

You'll blow their mind. 🤯

6/10

CONTROL WHAT YOUR BOSS THINKS ABOUT YOU.

This will inform your career growth.

Don't rely on annual performance reviews and one-on-ones to get feedback.

Take control. Ask regularly.

Then track how you have:

a) taken their advice, and
b) improved

7/10

Above all, be proactive: Track and control your PERFORMANCE AND CAREER NARRATIVE through your note-taking.

Ensure you're the master of your story.

8/10

3️⃣ Reflect During the Flow of Work, Don't Cram for Meetings

We've all bullshitted our way through performance and one-on-one meetings.

Even if we mean well and prep, we 'cram' for that conversation far too late.

Instead, take notes. Dated. Tagged. Searchable. Findable.

9/10

Optimize your meetings by reflecting on your performance, goals, motivations, & learning opportunities while you're working.

Use a #Me tag to package those ideas in real-time. Don't rely on your memory to recover your growth data points the day before an annual meeting.

10/10