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Learning to Say ‘No’ to Dead-end Tasks

Learning to Say ‘No’ to Dead-end Tasks

Welcome to the "No Club."

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Jessica Bennett
May 28, 2022
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The “No Club” began more than a decade ago, over wine and frustrations, with a handful of women working in academia who were overwhelmed by their to-do lists and plagued by a persistent question: Why was it so hard for them to say “no” at work?

No to requests to plan the remote holiday party that nobody wants to go to.

No to taking notes in the zoom meeti…

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