既然你发现自己并不擅长拒绝，伯格说：“最困难的部分，是会面之后又有人将额外的工作交给你的时候。一定要坚定不移。礼貌地提醒对方，你已经说过了，自己不再是唯一负责所有额外工作的人。不必道歉，不要妥协。”

    他补充道：“有好处的事情就会有人反复去做。别人对待我们的态度都源于我们自己的表现。所以，如果你总是说‘是’，别人就会不断地提出要求。但只要你温和地提醒他们，情况已经发生了变化，便能逐渐改变他们的做法，你的问题也就迎刃而解了。”祝你好运。

反馈：你在工作中有没有遇到过“范围蔓延”问题？你如何解决这个问题？欢迎评论。（财富中文网）

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    Particularly since you've always found it difficult to say no, "the toughest part is going to be the first couple of times after the meeting when someone tries to hand you one of those extra tasks," Burg says. "But be steadfast. Remind the person politely that you've already said you're no longer the only one responsible for whatever it is. Don't apologize, and don't give in.

    "What gets rewarded, gets repeated. We train people how to treat us, so if you always say yes, you're training these folks to keep asking," he adds. "But once you've retrained them, by gently reminding them that the situation has changed, you should have no problem." Here's hoping.

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