FACING SETBACKS
When I voiced my concerns to the CEO about the price the company was going to pay for the acquisition candidate, I could have experienced a very different outcome. The CEO could have been annoyed that I had spoken up, and complained to my boss. My boss could have become so angry that I talked with the CEO that he fired me. If that had happened, it would have been upsetting, but it would not have defeated me. Because I had true self-confidence and, through self-reflection and balance, knew that I was speaking up for the good of the organization, I would not have hung up my spikes and stopped engaging in the game. Nor would I have lost my self-confidence and become a timid person who did everything his boss said without question. ...
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