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Why It’s Never Too Late To Change
Early one foggy morning in 2008, I woke up and decided it was time for a change.
In 2000, I started a job with a company determined to grow but not so determined to hire the people necessary to make it happen.
Grow, they did, because so many employees were willing to go above and beyond to make sure it happened.
By 2007, the hours I worked most days were those of two full-time employees. Mid-year, the hours increased, again. I worked, on average, for 20 hours per day five or six days a week for 15 weeks.
On that foggy morning in 2008, I walked into my boss’s office and told him that if things didn’t change immediately that day would be my last.
To my shame, it took me 15 weeks to reach that point. To his credit, he took immediate action.
Shortly thereafter, I started running, started eating healthy, and lost 35 unhealthy pounds. I also finished the basement of my home.
The build-up to the big change took 8 years. I allowed the company to take advantage of me; it’s a problem I have: being a “yes man”.
Twelve years passed and I found myself in the same situation with a different company. My yes-man syndrome had reared its head again. On top of the extremely long hours, I was also away from home for weeks at a…
