{"version":"1.0.0","segments":[{"startTime":0.0,"endTime":3.878,"body":"Welcome back to the show and to another"},{"startTime":0.0,"endTime":3.878,"body":"episode of Inside the New Manager"},{"startTime":3.878,"endTime":5.13,"body":"Playbook."},{"startTime":5.13,"endTime":8.008,"body":"How often do you feel like"},{"startTime":5.13,"endTime":8.008,"body":"you don't have enough time?"},{"startTime":8.008,"endTime":10.051,"body":"You don't have time to meet with your team"},{"startTime":8.008,"endTime":10.051,"body":"to do the projects"},{"startTime":10.051,"endTime":13.68,"body":"you need to do to get everything done"},{"startTime":10.051,"endTime":13.68,"body":"in a week, like every second of the day."},{"startTime":13.722,"endTime":16.057,"body":"Yeah, we all feel like that."},{"startTime":16.057,"endTime":18.226,"body":"Welcome to the Managing Made"},{"startTime":16.057,"endTime":18.226,"body":"Simple podcast,"},{"startTime":18.226,"endTime":22.022,"body":"where you get a masterclass 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See you next time."}]}