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If you’re up for it, I’d be willing to offer you a complimentary one on one session where we can explore this common issue and how to resolve. Reliability Gets Rewarded — and Then Weaponized. At first, reliability brings:
• Trust
• Access
• More responsibility
Then it quietly turns into:
• Unbounded expectations
• Fewer questions about your capacity
• Less protection of your time, energy, and thinking
You don’t get more influence.
You get more load.
DM me if interested
It’s not easy but it’s definitely doable
Just tell the person you don’t have time to take on that job and do yours as well.
Pro
I’m afraid I set a precedence and will be seen as not performing if I slow down now!
I started saying no when people came to me with every little thing. People don’t always like boundaries, and it takes some getting used to, but eventually they stop asking. You’re going to have to stop being the go-to person by learning to say no.