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How to Manage a Boss Who Is a Perfectionist and Never Satisfied
Episode 21 tackles the perfectionist boss—the one who moves the goalposts, nitpicks your work into oblivion, and leaves you feeling like nothing is ever good enough. Lucas shares a concrete case from a product manager at a mid-sized SaaS company who spent six months on a dashboard redesign, only to have her manager demand a complete overhaul three days before launch—because the color palette 'wasn't quite right.' Lucas explains the psychology behind perfectionist managers: often it's anxiety masquerading as high standards. Luna pushes back on the idea that you should just…
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