overtake him. Not now, he thought. I cannot allow them
to bring me down.
He remembered Joy telling him that his positive en-
ergy must be greater than anyone’s negativity, and in that
one thought he found a smiling face staring at him. He
thought of Joy, took a deep breath, and an incredible
calm came over him. There certainly would be more fail-
ures in his life but not today. Today he would not be al-
lowed to fail.
The executives were expecting a complete disaster
but George and his team delivered one of the best prod-
uct launches ever seen. His bus was cruising and the ex-
ecutives all jumped on for the ride.
After the presentation George and his team gave each
other a group hug and the executives all flocked to
George with pleasantly surprised looks of shock on their
faces wanting to know how he had just done so great. “I
decided it was time that I stopped being just a manager
and started being a Chief Energy Officer,” he told them.
They had no idea what he was talking about but it didn’t
matter. George wasn’t going anywhere except to meet
with his team. He would have plenty of time to explain to
the execs how to get on their energy bus and develop
Chief Energy Officers. But for today he would take it
easy, give his team the day off, and let them know how
much he appreciated all they had done. Today they hit a
home run in the bottom of the ninth inning with the
bases loaded and it was cause for celebration.
But interestingly enough when George told his team
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