single day. It’s those sorts of things. Or, it’s taking a job where a year before if you told me I’d be
taking a job in that organization, I would have been insulted. Yet somehow in the space of a year it
becomes evident that’s the job I do need to take. And so, I’ve come to recognize that I’m along for a
ride somewhere. And I’ve been very fortunate when the steam would seem to be running out of the
job that I had, a new one wouopportunity. That’s worked heel to toe for a very ld come along. A new
long time. And I’d also say, probably that job in the end of September 2011 –– within two when I took
weeks of taking that job it dawned on me that I need to be training my successor for whatever reason. I
also came to terms that could very well be the last job I might have in Federal government. I’d say I
was probably crossing 30 years in a 40 year career. I like to think in track terms; I realize today that I’m
in the last lap oand heading for the finish line. And again, that f my race coming out of the last turn
changes your perspective quite a bit. What are you going to do with that last lap? There’s more to be
done than you can do. Coming to terms with that thought, there were things I was sure I was destined
for, and I’ve seen them slip through my grasp and know that they will not be mine to accomplish. And
so having to wrestle with those thoughts and ... potential disappointments. “I thought I was
destined for that. It’ssomebody else’s to do.” Just dealing with not mine? Ok, it must be – really
kind of recognizing that ... that my ultimate legacy really derives from what I do with the staff below
me. And how I prepare them for the future. I’m very quickly becoming the past, and so the best
thing I can do to prepare for the future is invest in the staff itself. Take care of their needs, which is
kind of where my emotional intelligence is right
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