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Saying No at Work

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 by Slaughter Development

Slaughter Development’s founder has a column in the Indianapolis Business Journal this week.

From Learn how to say ‘no’ at work:

For most Hoosiers, work is the process of accepting responsibility. Ambitious employees actually pursue more duties, perhaps because they believe putting in long hours is the fastest route to promotion and career advancement.

Whether we do so out of fear, greed or a sense of duty, relentlessly volunteering for more work is one of the worst choices we can make at the office. Instead, we must bring back a term we’ve intentionally forgotten: the word “no.”

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