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Stop Looking for the Perfect Job

HBR IdeaCast

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The Negative Effects of Aspiration on the American Dream

Even people who don't come from privilege to see work as a means to achieving the American dream. It's providing for your family, sending your kids to college, putting them on a better path than you'd been on. So we tend to see aspiration as a good thing, but there are ways in which it could also be harmful.

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