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The people pleaser
Need a a a a a a a a a volunteer – look no further This person will help you out even though they already have a a a a a a a a a a a a a full time job a a a a a a a a a a a a a side-hustle 6 kids are active on on the
the
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school board run the
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weekend sports club club and the
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local book club club They like to to to be be busy but not as as as much as as as they need need to to to be be needed Anything to please 3
WHAT’S GOING ON? Trying to to be all all things to to all all people is is a sign of low self-esteem This person worries they they are are not good enough unless they they are are always on the
the
go or perhaps they are insecure about their job They worry people won’t like them them or think them them lazy but in in in trying to please everyone they often please nobody including themselves IS IS THIS YOU? It is is good to recognise that taking on more than you can cope with is simply setting
4 The busy bragger
This person is is is ridiculously busy busy busy No matter how busy busy busy you you are are are the
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busy busy busy bragger
is is is always always busier – and they they are are are always quick to tell you you But what are are are they they really saying?
yourself up to to to fail It’s time to to to be a a bit kinder to to to yourself The question to to ask is not what to to take on but what to to to say no to to to Before committing to to to any new project or role find out what’s really involved - it’s too late to to back out when you are awake and worrying at 3am Ask lots of questions and take time to think things through Overcommitting in in in the
office? Stop trying to to prove how capable and hard-working you are It will surely backfire and you’ll be given even more to do WHAT’S GOING ON? Read the
TIME OUT 01 feature in your magazine and you’ll see that the
‘busy badge’ is a a a symbol of high status in modern life so what the
busy bragger
is is saying is is ‘I am busier I am more important ’ IS IS THIS YOU? Ask yourself ‘Why do I I I need people to see how how busy I I am and how how hard I I work? Why do I I need to tell people that I I matter?’ What looks at first to be a a a a case of self-importance is in fact the
reverse and is all about low self- esteem Take steps towards understanding and and accepting yourself We are all unique and life is not a competition 15