{"id":1738,"date":"2016-04-06T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T12:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mylessonslearned.co\/?p=1738"},"modified":"2016-04-06T12:00:25","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T12:00:25","slug":"why-the-tough-assignments-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mylessonslearned.co\/?p=1738","title":{"rendered":"Why the Tough Assignments&#8230;(#23)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently got together with some folks I had worked with in the past&#8230;.we had worked on an incredibly difficult, multi year, high profile project together.\u00a0 And as we were reminiscing, laughing, and telling stories about who did what to whom, one thing struck me.<\/p>\n<p>We hadn&#8217;t necessarily seen each other or spoken in some time. But the moment we were all around the table again, it was as if time had stopped.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mylessonslearned.co\/?p=511\">Hard projects <\/a>are like that&#8230;you create bonds with other people unlike any other. 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