💬 What’s one skill that’s made the biggest difference in your career?

I am still early on in my career, but I think the skill that has made the most difference for me so far is my time management and commitment to delivery. When I was in college, I often juggled a full course load with 2 part time jobs, and during my junior and senior year of undergrad I was a full-time store director for a boutique houseplant brand. I had to learn quickly how to effectively prioritize, segment my time completely, and commit fully to every one of my tasks. I believe that handling such a high-volume workload helped prepare me for "the real world" and my job as a community manager.

My advice to build these skills would be to start batching instead of multitasking. I dedicate blocks of time to only one type of task, instead of switching between emails, reports, meetings, etc. This helps me make more headway on every task on my to-do list. Another big thing is to honor every commitment, even the small ones. It builds a reputation for reliability which sometimes seems like is half the battle. And I've found that commitment can speak just as loud (or at least almost as loud) as credentials!