CHAPTER 4

image GENUINE HUMILITY

Like many people, I started my career in a cubicle. It was small, not much more than six feet by six feet, and if I moved my chair back too quickly, I hit my head on the metal filing cabinet directly behind me. If someone came into my cubicle, the person had two choices: either to stand or to sit on the edge of my desk, because there was literally no other place to occupy. A private conversation was an oxymoron. Everyone was clustered together with only partitions, but no walls, to divide us, which meant we could all hear everything that was said.

We were a little hive of activity, carrying out whatever tasks were ...

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