Career Wellbeing

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Wellbeing Area#1: Career Wellbeing
Provide what you consider to be the best two pieces of advice for your future self regarding career wellbeing. Support your two pieces of advice with evidence from two different sources of information (other sources than already have been provided in class). Each source must score a 40 or more using the CRAAP test. Below state the advice to your future self from each source, write a short summary of the key points from your source, cite the source in proper APA citation style, and provide the CRAAP score.
1st Piece of Advice: To be happier with your work and to have a better home life, you need to be engaged in your work.
Summary of Key Points: Kansas State University Psychologists conduct a study on how

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