Tag: ambition

  • Knowing Your Place

    Long ago, in what seems like another life, a colleague much senior to me (in age, experience and level) summoned me to his office on a Friday afternoon for a “chat.”  Sounded ominous, and it was. I’d been working for the (unnamed) company for some time, and had achieved some early success.  Enough success that I wasn’t just feeling confident, I was feeling unstoppable. …