April 21, 2010

How to Get Over the Bad Boss Blues

A toxic boss--the type that bullies you, criticizes everything you touch, and makes you wish for an invisibility cloak every time she walks past your office--is not a person you can easily forget. Or get over, even weeks or months after you've parted ways.

Being subjected to a constant stream of negative feedback takes its toll and grinds you down to the point where you eventually begin to believe, "Wow, maybe I really do have zero talent. Maybe a child could do my job better." It's called buying into the brainwashing.

Been there, done that and it really does make you doubt yourself.....and the best advice I received was "She WOULDN'T LET you do a good job.  She didn't want you to succeed or outshine her.  You have nothing to feel guilty about."

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