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The Careerologist: Are we really as busy as we claim?

We attempt to project that we are run off our feet in order to seem important, but it is not necessarily useful for work

The Careerologist: Are we really as busy as we claim?
Photo: Bill Brown

I’ve been doing an experiment over the past few months. Every time someone asks me if I’m busy, I try not to say yes.

I answer: “no more than usual” or “not too bad”.  I am normally greeted with bemusement as this is not the correct answer. They are expecting me to say “yes, things are flat out, it never lets up!”

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