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Why Is Learning and Growing A Secret Key To A Happy Future?
We can’t depend on others, yet the more we help ourselves, the more others can depend on us
Bruce and I were talking about our job experiences. Both us us experienced difficult job circumstances which caused us to ask ourselves some deep moral, ethical, and personal questions. We talked about our motivations and why we had wanted to do well and achieve at our jobs.
Bruce worked for Deluxe Corporation as a Lean Continuous Improvement expert and built up their facility in Pennsylvania saving the company millions of dollars … until they closed the plant. After laying off hundreds, week by week, he ultimately was forced to lay himself off via telephone with a company witness.
I raised millions of dollars for housing and community initiatives with Beyond Shelter until entrenched management problems led to its dissolution. I laid myself off — but for me, there was no witness.
“I used to be so proud of my double-digit fundraising efforts,” I said, meaning I wanted to grow every segment of the development program and achieved this goal much more often than not.
Bruce was proud of many of his initiatives at Deluxe and the other places he worked: few to none of them related to laying…
