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Nov 2021
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So You’re Thinking About Quitting Your J...

Harvard Business Review
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How can you be confident that quitting your job is a good move for your career? And how do you handle the feelings — guilt, fear, anxiety — that come up? These are questions we’ll all face at some point, so we talk through which factors to consider before making the decision and best practices for giving your notice when it’s time. 
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