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Walking Away from the Big Bucks in the Pursuit of True Balance.

Women on Business

This awareness helped cement my corporate world exit strategy. Toward the end of 2005, I started preparing my exit strategy. It was time to let go of the illusion of control that the “big bucks&# created. Don’t get me wrong, big bucks rock! No longer a company creature; my job was surely destroying my soul.

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What to Do If You Already Hate Your New Job

Harvard Business Review

But if you are already fantasizing about exit strategies after only a few weeks, don’t ignore those signs. As a marketing and special events coordinator for an outdoor sports company in the Bay Area, she’d worked hard for months to prove herself worthy of a promotion. Case study #1: Proactively build your skills.