Whether you’re working on your own, on a team, behind a coffee bar, or in the lab, use your communication skills to bring more structure to your tasks today. Iron out the details of that looming deadline. Articulate your hopes, goals, and dreams around how you’d like to grow and learn. Connect with the people who can provide insight into the challenges you’re solving and the projects you’re working on. If you do the proper prep work, you’ll get ahead of miscommunications and missed details.