Friends, today I sign off and embark on a new journey; a new chapter in my life. I've chosen to challenge myself and grow professionally, and in order to do that, I need to step outside of my comfort zone, which for roughly a decade has involved legal recruiting.I have had the privilege and great pleasure of developing close-knit business relationships, some of which blossomed into great friendships, over the many years. These folks know who they are and there's a special place in my heart for each one of them.
I take away major life lessons on delivering world-class customer service, on taking pride in my work, on adding value for my services, in being diligent and developing tenacity. I've had great mentors early in my career who taught me how to be a true professional and I hope I've touched colleagues along the way, helping them to progress professionally, too.
Life has so much to offer -- there is a whole world out there - and it has nothing to do with recruiting. I'm chasing it! And it feels GREAT!!!
I sign off today with an excerpt from CEO of Apple Computer and Pixar Animation Studios, Steve Jobs. He delivered a speech to a graduating class at Stanford University in 2005 and I pull his speech out from time to time, to keep me on track. It is a message of true inspiration and it means the world to me.
He says, "You've got to find what you love. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle."
He continues at a later part of his speech by saying, "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."
Signing off,
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