Carolina Quotes“I’m well known for not being very enthusiastic about giving advice, because advice is only useful as an ego exercise unless you actually know the recipien.
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It depends on your power and status in the professional community. The reality is, it is going to be more difficult for you to turn down requests earlier in your career. The sooner you accept that you are at a disadvantage in negotiating those requests, the better it is for you — if only because you can be kind with yourself and give yourself grace because you understand why it’s happening, and that it won’t stay that way forever.