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1. Plan your week on Sunday nightLook at your work calendar and plan your week on Sunday night or Monday morning. This would include important meetings, deliverables, a brief summary of things that are pending from last week and any tasks to be achieved during the week. Though this might look like a time management tip, at the end of the week, on Friday night when you re-visit what you have achieved over the last five days, the satisfaction is immense. 2. Undertake activities that you are passionate about even though it might not be in your job profileStart an initiative that you would love to do irrespective of whether it is required for you to do or not. Send a daily newsletter to your team on the topics that most of them will be interested. Do a presentation on the topic that you are passionate about. Organise a small sports event for your team. Call everyone in your team for a team coffee, breakfast or lunch break Appreciate colleagues in your team or in a cross-functional team who

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