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How to set boundaries when saying no feels impossible

My boss keeps piling more projects on me and I keep saying yes because I do not know how to say no without seeming lazy or ungrateful.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The inability to decline requests stems from confusing personal worth with external validation.

Ideas that help explain it
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