{"id":144,"date":"2010-08-15T13:31:58","date_gmt":"2010-08-15T20:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/katherinerw.com\/?p=144"},"modified":"2010-08-15T13:31:58","modified_gmt":"2010-08-15T20:31:58","slug":"how-to-be-indispensable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-matic.com\/archive\/katherinerw\/2010\/08\/15\/how-to-be-indispensable\/","title":{"rendered":"How to be Indispensable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few work place snafus that I have witnessed over the past week has led me to write this how to list. <\/p>\n<p>1. Know your strengths. Whether you are sitting in on office or doing community service, you must know what you are good at and what you need help getting accomplished.<br \/>\n2. Let others know your strengths. I have found that lots of people have skills that aren&#8217;t necessarily part of their job description but are highly useful. Don&#8217;t be afraid to let your peers know that you have particular skills.<br \/>\n3. Prioritize. Don&#8217;t be afraid to prioritize what is actually important. Sometimes this means saying &#8220;no&#8221; or &#8220;I don&#8217;t have time now.&#8221; People will appreciate your honesty.<br \/>\n4. Do what you say you are going to do&#8230;..and if you can&#8217;t let others know in plenty of time so they can make other arrangements.<br \/>\n5. Do some research. It&#8217;s easy to learn by visiting your local library. I have done this to learn new software or other skills that helped me get my work done or help others.<br \/>\n6. Be proactive. I get asked to do a lot because many times I recognize issues and take action without being directed. If a problem exists, you are probably not the first to see it, but you can be the one to help fix it.<\/p>\n<p>What has made you indispensable?<\/p>\n<p>PS the Merriam Webster definition of <a>snafu<\/a>. Just in case you wondered<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few work place snafus that I have witnessed over the past week has led me to write this how to list. 1. Know your strengths. Whether you are sitting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-development","tag-31bnb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-matic.com\/archive\/katherinerw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-matic.com\/archive\/katherinerw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-matic.com\/archive\/katherinerw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-matic.com\/archive\/katherinerw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-matic.com\/archive\/katherinerw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/the-matic.com\/archive\/katherinerw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-matic.com\/archive\/katherinerw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-matic.com\/archive\/katherinerw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-matic.com\/archive\/katherinerw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}