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When This Month Keeps Interrupting the Next Twelve
You start Monday with the best of intentions. You know what the team is supposed to be building. You’ve got both long-term goals and a focus area for the month that is going to get you there. Maybe the focus is account expansion. Maybe it is better qualification. Maybe it is forecast accuracy, because the last forecast meeting had a little too much creative writing. Then the week starts acting like the week. 8:47, a rep has messaged you about a deal that was “definitely closing” and is now developing a personality. 9:15, someone wants to know whether the team…
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