Knowing what was expected, as well as when and where, helped Maxime schedule his work and study obligations
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So I’m generally someone that I say yes to pretty much everything and I tend to make things work. So no matter the schedule or whatever my schedule was, being a patient advisor was not — I made sure that it was not going to interfere with my work or my school and whatnot, because I’m still in school. And so the only consideration I could potentially have with this sort of project was maybe the time commitment. But like I said, because I say yes to everything, the time commitment wasn’t so much an issue because I could schedule myself and organize myself beforehand. But that was a key component; making sure I knew what and where — or what to do and where to be and at what time so that I can coordinate my schedule appropriately. That’s the only consideration.
I didn’t find it challenging at all; the team made a good effort to accommodate my schedule; well they did accommodate my schedule 100%, because if I couldn’t make then they were not going to convene, so that was a positive aspect of that for sure, yeah.
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