“I’m a people pleaser at work and it leaves me overwhelmed – how can I change this?”

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“I’m a people pleaser at work and it leaves me overwhelmed – how can I change this?”

By The Honest Boss

3 years ago

2 min read

Stylist’s new columnist gives her straight-talking careers advice on everything from toxic colleagues to hybrid working.

“I am such a people pleaser at work; I always have been, but it’s to my own detriment. My auto-response to everything is: ‘Yes, sure –no problem.’ Then I become overwhelmed. I don’t know how to say no without worrying that my boss and colleagues will think badly of me for it. How can I change this?” Emma*, 27, works in finance 

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