I've helped thousands of people get out and over their toxic jobs, and almost every one of them has a Prove Myself era that kept them trapped in the toxicity.
You know your skills.
You know your abilities.
You know your potential.
If you're like most of the people I help, you have a long history of high performance.
You never got negative feedback, let alone a bad (or even iffy) performance review until your toxic job.
So when your toxic boss criticized you and told you that you weren't good enough and triangulated you against your coworkers... something happened.
Your track record and belief system no longer matched your reality.
Your identity, worth, and abilities were questioned.
So you worked your ass off to prove yourself. To prove your toxic boss wrong.
In a typical work environment, you would have. But it wasn't a typical work environment, it was a toxic AF one.
And the thing is, you cared way more about your potential, professional reputation, and job than they did.
Even when you leave it's a bittersweet thing - you're happy to leave the job but you mourn the potential that was there... that they promised.
Even when you leave it's a bittersweet thing - you're happy to leave the job but you mourn the potential that was there... than they promised.
You cared more, and that hurts.
You deserve to be somewhere that is as invested in you as you are them.
If you're struggling to get over a toxic job, make sure you're following me for daily strategies and reminders that you are not alone.
Jennifer Brick
I've helped thousands of people get out and over their toxic jobs, and almost every one of them has a Prove Myself era that kept them trapped in the toxicity.
You know your skills.
You know your abilities.
You know your potential.
If you're like most of the people I help, you have a long history of high performance.
You never got negative feedback, let alone a bad (or even iffy) performance review until your toxic job.
So when your toxic boss criticized you and told you that you weren't good enough and triangulated you against your coworkers... something happened.
Your track record and belief system no longer matched your reality.
Your identity, worth, and abilities were questioned.
So you worked your ass off to prove yourself. To prove your toxic boss wrong.
In a typical work environment, you would have. But it wasn't a typical work environment, it was a toxic AF one.
And the thing is, you cared way more about your potential, professional reputation, and job than they did.
Even when you leave it's a bittersweet thing - you're happy to leave the job but you mourn the potential that was there... that they promised.
Even when you leave it's a bittersweet thing - you're happy to leave the job but you mourn the potential that was there... than they promised.
You cared more, and that hurts.
You deserve to be somewhere that is as invested in you as you are them.
If you're struggling to get over a toxic job, make sure you're following me for daily strategies and reminders that you are not alone.
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