because someone saw something something special – at least that’s how they treated – I’ll call it maybe
me in that regard. And who doesn’t like to be treated specially? But I think it also helped my
growth as a professional in terms of honing my analytical skills, my ability to do oral presentations,
that kind of thing. And I learned out of it that change is good. I was happy where I was in my job.
And I was just doing my job when I came to this budget hearing, but I learned that if you take a leap
that the changes can be really positive in the long run. Was someone involved in it? Yes – the person
who saw something in me, that division director and who not only saw something in me that day but
also took time to mentor me for the next probably 34 years until I left the organization. So he didn’t just -
steal me and then dump me (chuckle) kind of thing; he followed me. And that was very helpful to me as
a young, junior GSin that organization.- 11 growing to a GS-13 over time
(^) Researcher: how did that mentor help you in the
emotional intelligence domain?
A4: I guess I could say that (3 second pause) when you’re fighting budget marks, no matter what level
of the organization you’re at, there’s always emotion in it because you think you did a good job at what
you presented in your budget and by God, why isn’anybody touching it? And so you have to take the t
emotion out of it and put that aside in a lock box for a minute and focus on the facts. Otherwise, if you
bring the emotion into it, you lose the audience overall. I don’t know if that quite gets exactly to
your question, but it doesn’t mean you can’t have those emotions and those thoughts but if you let
them come out too much you’re going to lose your
I was noticed
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lose the audience”
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let them come out too much you’re
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