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When doing good at work backfires

I gave my coworker credit for my idea in the meeting today because she needed a win more than I did, but now my boss thinks I contribute nothing and I'm questioning if being generous is just making me invisible.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The tension between generous action and self-preservation creates doubt about whether kindness is wisdom or self-sabotage.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Buddhist merit and the ripple of good action?”

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