Case 9 Currency
“What’s in it for me?”
When it comes to his career, Sam deals in only one currency, and that is money. Sam wants big bucks, and he wants them fast. Human relations and compassion (other forms of exchange) have no appeal to Sam.
You can read Sam’s attitude in his movements. He appears totally confident, and he seems to know how to be aggressive at just the right time. As a result, many of his classmates envy him for the job opportunities that he is bound to have offered to him.
A quiet dissenter is Ralph. Ralph feels that money is important but that it comes to those who select careers that contribute to the lives of others as ...
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