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Don't Like Your Job? Change It (Without Quitting)

Harvard Business Review

It is often costly to career momentum and earnings as much as it is a boon," says Amy Wrzesniewski, an associate professor of organizational behavior at the Yale School of Management and coauthor of " Turn the Job You Have into the Job You Want." Case Study #1: Integrate your interests into the job.

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How to Manage a Perfectionist

Harvard Business Review

Help perfectionists see that their behavior may limit their career. Case Study #1: Find a better job fit. Henry Chasen,* a director at a contract manufacturing company, managed Sean* for more than 15 years. Case Study #1: Find a better job fit. Case Study #2: Redirect the focus.

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