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When faced with a Monday Mandate, remember that sometimes the best way to meet a deadline is to pretend it's not due until Thursday.
Tuesday HackMake up a list of tasks you'll "definitely" do by Thursday, and then "accidentally" forget you made it up.
Phantom TasksPoint fingers at your coworkers, your boss, or your cat. Someone else is clearly the reason you can't meet the Mandate.
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