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PROGRESS AS AN EMPLOYEE
Goal achievement within a large organization immediately presents difficulties for those with a high fear of failure that go way beyond enduring a bad boss. In many ways dealing with a bad boss is preferable to having no ready excuse for our lack of progress. Without such barriers, who or what do we blame as we watch those with high achievement motivation rise to the top?
We blame ourselves, of course, because High-FFs are capable of developing strong techniques for making progress within a large (or not so large) organization. If you stop listening to the monkey on your back and instead start looking at the people you work with and the organization you work for – and start aligning yourself with their needs – then ...
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