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If your boss truly appreciated and acknowledged the good work that you do, you’d feel motivated to continue performing well.

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You have youth and vitality and freedom. He thought money and being a boss would buy him freedom but it’s actually you who has the freedom. He knows it but doesn’t want you to know it.

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Promote the psychological sense of ownership without forfeiting actual ownership. To do this for example, with a manager, you need to make them feel pride at the companies success (as if it were a direct result of their efforts), and feel shame and embarrassment at the companies failure (as if it were all their fault).

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All jobs have rules that suck, but THIS is totally nuts.

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To any outsider, I’m the typical running-in-heels, human energizer bunny, who can do it all while still keeping a smile on her face. Yes, my career has been charmed, but it sure as hell didn’t come without it’s fair share of Cinderella moments. For me it’s been less of a career ladder, and more of a career game of Snakes and Ladders.

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“I’ve worked for 6 years as a retail cashier; at this point the cash register has more of a soul than I do.”