selected for an SES. And just forward to last weekend which was the – I want to jump
(He was a double amputee above the organization) ball. The guest of honor was (knees. He was name).
such a riveting speaker. One of his lines that I remember, he said “The only thing you can control
is how you react to the uncontrollable.” And I think that was a nice encapsulation of one of the
philosophies I’ve tried to put in place thrcareer was “stuff happens.” It’s truly how you react oughout my
to stuff happening that’s more important than the stuff that’s happened in and of itself. I guess it’s
with professional life’s pleasures and disappointments that you’ve got to figure that stuff
out. So it’s finding that combination of ... caring a whole lot, putting that on the line every single day,
but when the loss or disappointment comes you just put it behind you. Otherwise – I told my wife that
the job I had at the (me if I didn’t love it so much. A lot of 16, 18 hour organization) would have killed
days for almost 10 years. But she knew I loved it and knew I had a great time. And I did get a lot of
grey hair in the process. And to me that’s what has to come to you; you just have to appreciate your role
and what you do, no matter how high or how low.(^)
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people. And I didn’t know whether I was up to the task. Simple as that. You work hard, you get to the
level you’re at, you get to be a GSnow you’re thrust into this situation affecting the -15 and you think
lives and career of people, for which you’re responsible. Totally different than before. This
could be the end of somebody’s career. Right? How do you salvage both the mission, the
organization, the people? How do you give them hope? One of the things that came out of that
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