30BUILDING FOR THE LONG TERM
I was sitting in the back of the room, a notepad on my knee. Around me, eager executives were perched on the edge of their chairs, leaning forward as the young man strode up to the podium. It was a gathering of businessmen to talk about careers and career prospects. The guy now straightening notes preparatory to tossing out the first sentence of his talk was something of a wunderkind, so everyone was interested in what he’d have to say.
He started by explaining that five years previously, after much struggle, he’d landed his dream job. He was working in the front office of a sports team, doing what he loved, rubbing shoulders with the players on a day-to-day basis. He traveled with the team, watched all the games, ...
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