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How to Stop Being A Control FreakYou've got to learn to let go. And ironically, you can't do it alone.

ByJennifer Wang

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Cheryl Cran问:How can I stop being such a control freak?

A:How's this for irony? "You can't get out of being a control freak alone," says Cheryl Cran, leadership consultant and author ofThe Control Freak Revolution. "I didn't hire anyone for 11 years, because I believed only I could do it and do it right. I was burning out, and my business was stagnant."

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