Watch on Forbes:“I’m needed.”This is perhaps the biggest self-aggrandizing lie that people in toxic work situations tell themselves to justify sticking around. Of course you could leave, but everything would be worse if you did, wouldn’t it? Better to stay and attempt to affect change from the inside, you tell yourself. Of course, things could be worse, but they could also be much, much better and deep down you know that. When you start rationalizing swapping your dignity for a fat paycheck and another line item on your gilded resume, you’re in bad shape.

Source: Forbes August 30, 2017 14:19 UTC