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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." Whatever the reason you are unhappy, you don't have to just live with it or quit.

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How to Manage a Perfectionist

Harvard Business Review

Show your direct reports that letting go of perfect is a step toward achieving their big-picture goals. Help perfectionists see that their behavior may limit their career. Henry Chasen,* a director at a contract manufacturing company, managed Sean* for more than 15 years. Coach, if possible. says Kaplan.

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