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11 May 2025

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Hey friend,

What percentage of your frustrations are with a technical aspect of your work?

And what percentage of frustration is due to people-issues?

If you're like me, I'd bet it's mostly people-issues that get you irritated.

This next few weeks, let's try to spend more time learning how to deal with those. The ROI is huge.

Some Thoughts

Non-attachment is a powerful mindset that frees you from the emotional highs and lows that can cloud judgment and hinder progress. It doesn’t mean indifference—it means staying engaged without being emotionally entangled in outcomes. Whether in work or life, success and failure are temporary, and clinging to either can slow growth.

By embracing non-attachment, you stay focused on the process rather than obsessing over results, allowing for clearer decision-making, resilience in setbacks, and greater adaptability. It’s the key to moving forward with confidence, learning from experiences without being defined by them.

What you will learn this week:

🐳 The foundational skill you need for great writing

🐬 How to be concise, yet clear

🐟 How structure helps to guide the reader

Technical Project Management Writing That Won’t Put You To Sleep

Sarah stared at her computer screen, her fingers hovering over the keyboard. As a seasoned project manager in the tech industry, she’d led teams through countless sprints, stand-ups, and product launches. But now, facing the task of writing a comprehensive project report, she felt a familiar dread creeping in. How could she possibly convey all the technical intricacies without boring her readers to tears? Would anyone even make it past the first page?

If you’ve ever found yourself in Sarah’s shoes, you’re not alone. Technical project management writing often conjures images of dry, jargon-filled documents that collect more dust than readers. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Let’s explore how to transform your writing from snooze-inducing to captivating.

Know Your Audience: The Foundation of Engaging Writing

Sarah’s first step was to consider her audience. Who would be reading this report? She realized it wasn’t just her tech-savvy team members, but also stakeholders from marketing, finance, and possibly even the CEO.

Advice for Knowing Your Audience:

1. Identify all potential readers of your document.
2. Assess their level of technical knowledge.
3. Consider what aspects of the project each group is most interested in.
4. Create a simple table listing each audience group, their technical level, and their primary interests.

With this information, you can tailor your content to meet everyone’s needs.

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Postscript

Added some pretty cool new features to the app this week. A resources section where you upload links to those things you use often. We all have them. And a new Help Me Work feature. An AI dialogue box that helps you get your to-do's done faster. Yes, it's no different to opening up ChatGPT, except this AI bot is in-app and knows the context of your projects. No more switching between applications, getting lost and getting distracted.

Have a look at Entry Project Management App. Signup is free.

Until next time,

Jonathan (The Effective Project Manager)

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