Volun-No: Help Wanted, But Not From Me! is a forthcoming book by Anthony Washington Sr. Subtitle: The Ultimate Volunteer Survival Guide. A healthy yes has room for a healthy no. Can you help for a minute? It will not take long. You would be perfect for this. Just one more thing. Then it is three months later, you are running something you never agreed to run, and nobody can remember who asked you in the first place. Anthony Washington Sr. has been volun-told in the military, in criminal justice, on the sideline, and in more meetings than he cares to count. Volun-No is what he learned from it: how the ask actually works, why "just a small favor" turns into a full-blown unpaid position, and how to decline without torching the relationship or your reputation. It is funny because it has to be. Anyone who has ever felt overcommitted, underappreciated, and quietly suspicious of a clipboard will recognize themselves in it. A healthy yes has room for a healthy no.
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