As promised, when I took the reins last month, the QDT team has been busy creating a brand new name and artwork for the Get It Done Guy podcast. Welcome to Modern Mentor. I hope you'll come to see me as just that,

a trusted advisor who will help you design and achieve for yourself, the professional experience

you strive for. We'll cover it all, how to communicate like a pro, build your personal brand,

and how to ask for what you want, and so much more. And of course,

I'll keep sharing great tips to help you stay productive and reach your goals at work. And with that,

let's get on with this week's episode, the first one under the new modern mentor umbrella.

Set boundaries at work with the awesome powers of no.

When my first daughter was born, I considered naming her Nola, but as my sage and handsome

husband pointed out, her nickname was going to end up being no.

And that seemed like cruel and unusual punishment.

No one likes the sound of a no. We all know by

now that setting clear boundaries at work, in other words, saying no, is key to our wellness

and self-preservation. But still, it's hard to resist the urge to be a hero. You want to be the one

your boss can count on, and that means

saying yes to everything. But what if I told you that saying yes to everything was the lazy

person's path, and that a regular and strategic no is the way to maximize the value you deliver?

Would you buy it? Truth is, your company invested in you. It decided at some

point that something important needed to be done. So it set aside a salary, produced a job

description, found, met, and onboarded you. That's a lot of dollars invested. Your job, in turn, is to maximize their return on that investment.

And the way to do this is to stick to your purpose, to focus on what you were uniquely hired to do.

Having clarity of purpose and the discipline to stay on track is the hardest work of all.

Now, I live in the real world. Sometimes there's

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