me. For many people – and many of my own clients
– this strategy is path that leads them to work that is
better for them. When I realized changing
companies did not make me happier, I tried to put
my emphasis on my personal and community life,
becoming deeply involved in causes I believe in.
When that did not satisfy me, I tried changing my job
within the company. In my last job, part of my
responsibility included marketing to Universities, with
the thought that Education was a way to have an
impact. While something new always caught my
attention for a while, I always came back to a
nagging feeling that there was something better for
me out there.
Finally, in 1995, I quit my last full time job. I had
some ideas about what I wanted to do, but I did not
know how I was going to do them. Quitting, for
me, was part action of desperation, part leap of
faith. It’s not the right path for everyone, but in
retrospect, it was the right path for me.
After taking about 6 months off to get myself back
to center, I retained a career counselor (Sue Gould,
now my business partner) who suggested I get some
consulting projects to, as she put it, “Buy more
time.” After 9 months of working for myself, to my
surprise, I was hooked. I thought I would hate it,
but I loved the freedom and flexibility. This was a big
lesson for me: don’t assume you know how you will
feel. Working for myself was the right choice at that
moment. The only problem: I still did not know how
I wanted to make an impact.
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straight line from A to B. It is a twisty,
windy, curvy line from A to Z, with lots of
stops and surprises along the way."
