This Is What Success Feels Like

Several months later . . .

Joe took a deep breath and started to reflect on the year. Wow, he said to himself, I cannot believe what has just happened. In a few short months I have really started being different in my approach and the dividends are starting to pay off. Instead of waiting and only talking to a few people, I have forced difficult conversations and asserted myself in ways that surprise even me. Funny, there are fewer issues-in-crisis coming my way and more problems resolved with well thought-out solutions that are running smoothly. I have had more people frustrated at me than in the past at some of the conversations I initiate, yet the number of people walking in my office upset at the business ...

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