There are two myths about the project management workload: one camp says it’s an easy job, the other says it’ll burn you out. Both are wrong. Most of a PM’s real work is invisible — the mental processing, the strategy, the influence planning that happens on the commute, at the gym, between meetings.
In this video I break down what PM work actually looks like — including the budget-approval story where days of background thinking earned a same-day yes — and answer honestly whether project managers can really work less.
In this video, I cover:
- Why PM work looks “light” from the outside — and what it actually produces
- The invisible work: the mental processing that never shows up on a timesheet
- Influence planning — getting things done through people you don’t control
- A real story: using social proof to get a budget approved in a single day
- The honest answer to “do PMs work less?” (organized ones can; disorganized ones don’t)
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