The power of saying no

Antentor O Hinton Jr; Melanie R McReynolds; Denise Martinez; Haysetta D Shuler; Christina M Termini

doi:10.15252/embr.202050918

The power of saying no

EMBO Rep. 2020 Jul 3;21(7):e50918. doi: 10.15252/embr.202050918. Epub 2020 Jun 28.

Authors

Antentor O Hinton Jr¹, Melanie R McReynolds², Denise Martinez³, Haysetta D Shuler⁴, Christina M Termini⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine and Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
² Department of Chemistry and Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
³ Department of Family Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
⁴ Department of Biological Sciences, Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
⁵ Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, The University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Abstract

Many students and early-career scientists too often agree to new tasks and chores and end up overworked. Learning how and when to say "no" is therefore an important part of career development.

MeSH terms

Career Choice*
Humans
Learning
Students*