E11: Protect yourself and don't apologize - set clear work boundaries

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Working from home is more common than ever, so the lines between work and home life can easily become blurred. It’s up to you to unapologetically protect yourself and set clear expectations with strong work boundaries. After 12 years in corporate America, including several years in leadership positions, I have developed no-conflict tactics to set boundaries that maintain my sanity while still enabling me to be a good employee. This is part of a series called “Lessons from a corporate life.” The other episodes in the series are episode 2 and 4. In this episode:Work doesn’t care about youWhy guilt prevents you from setting boundariesDo not apologize Avoid establishing bad precedentsSet digital boundariesTake sick and vacation daysSet up a physical office spaceBe objective, clear, and consistentTo read the podcast transcript, visit my website at: https://www.youruncommonlife.com/blog/categories/podcast-transcriptsMotivational Piano Background Music by Nikita Lukyanov | https://soundcloud.com/lukyanovnikita Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US