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Being a project manager is a difficult, sometimes thankless job. You’ve got executives above you looking for fast and efficient solutions. You’ve got co-workers looking to you to give them the information and guidance they need to complete their part of the assignment. And you’ve got that ever-present clock ticking away, telling you that you’re running out of time. At the first sign of trouble, all heads will turn to you for answers.

You ever take a moment to observe the people in your office as they go about their workday? The one thing you’ll notice is that your co-workers are creatures of habit. They use the same coffee mug, eat the same thing for lunch and, in some cases, make the same bad jokes day after day. So, when it comes to selling in something as big as a new IT management system, you’re going to get some resistance from people who don’t much care for variation in their daily lives.

There’s a reason motivational speaking is a multi-million dollar industry. Have you ever seen a really good speaker whip the audience into a frenzy? This person can get an entire group of people emotionally invested in selling aluminum siding. It’s really quite amazing.

There’s a reason that a new president is elected in November, but doesn’t take office until January. If a new president were to move into the White House on the day after the election, the entire government would be thrown into chaos.

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