Are You Doing Your Best Work?
Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it, nothing great was ever achieved.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
At 25, I gave my notice and walked away from a stable, well-paying job. What was I thinking?
It was 1982, and I was working as a branch manager for Texas Instruments. After four years and a series of promotions, I was comfortable in my role as a female director in a male-dominated industry. We were working on commercial digital hardware using silicon transistors and integrated circuits. I received a promotion every 6 months. As an industrial engineer, it was an ideal situation. But, I began to notice a shift in the company.
Several well-regarded managers were leaving the business. Word ...
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