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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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Speaker 1: This week we're talking about work and broadways of thinking

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Speaker 1: about it. Today's tip is how to leave a job

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Speaker 1: in a way that leaves you best positioned for the future.

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Speaker 1: A few people work at the same place for their

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Speaker 1: entire careers, anymore, there comes a time when most of

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Speaker 1: us will need to move on for some reason or another,

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Speaker 1: for a different job, to pursue a degree, or start

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Speaker 1: a business for family reasons. As we've talked about in

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Speaker 1: the past with this podcast, we seldom focus as much

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Speaker 1: on how things will end as how they begin, but

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Speaker 1: endings done well can create lasting positive impressions. I can

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Speaker 1: open up possibilities to first, and I hope obvious. Unless

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Speaker 1: you're in physical danger and experiencing a real trauma. Work,

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Speaker 1: don't quit suddenly. Some workplaces may ask you to leave

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Speaker 1: quickly once you've quit, but most managers appreciate a few

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Speaker 1: weeks of support in winding things down and transferring your responsibilities.

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Speaker 1: Being as helpful and cheerful as possible during this time

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Speaker 1: means that people remember you well. Another one hopes obvious

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Speaker 1: move don't send a passive, aggressive, or antagonizing goodbye note.

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Speaker 1: Over the years, I've become a student of goodbye emails,

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Speaker 1: the genre of literature people send out to their colleagues

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Speaker 1: on their last days with their new contact information. These

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Speaker 1: notes have a very limited purpose to inform anyone you

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Speaker 1: work with tangentially that you're going to share your next

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Speaker 1: steps if you'd like, and to tell people how to

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Speaker 1: reach you. Acceptable variations include thanking people you've worked with,

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Speaker 1: or maybe sharing one positive anecdote about your time at

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Speaker 1: the company that you'll always remember fondly. Do not use

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Speaker 1: these notes to get a grievance off your chest. Do

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Speaker 1: not use these notes to complain in any way about

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Speaker 1: the situation. Do not inform your former colleagues that you,

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Speaker 1: unlike them, finally have your priority straight, or that you

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Speaker 1: are making a move you should have made a long

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Speaker 1: time ago, or anything along those lines. Here's why many

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Speaker 1: companies are like revolving doors these days. Perhaps at some

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Speaker 1: point in your new role you'd like to recruit former

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Speaker 1: colleagues to come work with you. They'll be more excited

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Speaker 1: about the possibility if you didn't insult them on the

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Speaker 1: way out the door. Or maybe the leader of your

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Speaker 1: old organization will retire and someone new and wonderful will

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Speaker 1: come in. Don't completely right off the idea that you

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Speaker 1: might like to work there again. You don't want to

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Speaker 1: be remembered as the can you believe this email guy?

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Speaker 1: It's also possible that your former colleagues will start companies

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Speaker 1: or be hired into amazing roles elsewhere. It's wonderful to

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Speaker 1: have people all over your industry with fond memories of you.

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Speaker 1: You can make this happen by leaving in a professional

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Speaker 1: and positive way. You can also cement these feelings by

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Speaker 1: continuing to reach out to people, just as someone who's

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Speaker 1: interested in their lives. Why not send holiday cards, presents

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Speaker 1: for new babies, and congratulatory notes when you read about

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Speaker 1: something cool that they've done. Ending well means these relationships survive,

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Speaker 1: and since life is more than work, that's a good thing.

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Speaker 1: In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and

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Speaker 1: here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,

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Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from you. You can send me

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Speaker 1: your tips, your questions, or anything else. Just connect with

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Speaker 1: me on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at Before Breakfast Pod.

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Speaker 1: That's b E. The number four then Breakfast p o D.

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