| What Can We Tell Men About True Success? |
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| Written by Patrick Morley |
| Monday, January 17 2005 11:30 |
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Trent rose rapidly to become the youngest K-Mart manager in the history of the company. They sent him to troubleshoot a store that was losing $1,000,000 per year. Trent supervised the renovation of the store, then orchestrated a turnaround from losing $1,000,000 a year to making $1,000,000 a year. He said, “I was part of that. When it was all over, I would get to work at the usual time, about 6:00 a.m., sit in the parking lot, look at the store all lit up, and ask myself, ‘Why am I so miserable?’” To not get what you want can be painful. Perhaps more painful though, as Trent discovered, is to get what you want and still not be happy. Of course, a lot of men don’t reach their goals. Many more men, however, do achieve their goals only to find out that success—at least success the way they had defined it—doesn’t satisfy. What’s that all about? The full article is available FREE to registered users. Please SIGN UP or LOGIN to view. |