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Emma Burleigh

PwC U.S. CEO advises young workers to say yes a lot, even if it means working on the weekends—‘That person climbs into the next role’

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) CEO Paul Griggs (Credit: MANDEL NGAN / Contributor / Getty Images)

Young workers just starting their careers are staring up a long climb to the top of the corporate totem pole. And the best way to ascend is by sticking true to the time-honored advice of going above and beyond, PwC U.S. CEO Paul Griggs advises—and it may even mean putting in extra effort on the weekends.

“What you put into it is what you get out of it,” Griggs said in a recent interview with Business Insider. “To me, that quote is saying ‘yes’ a lot. It’s putting in the time when people are not looking. It’s being curious.”

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