CHAPTER FIVE
Turn Attitude into Action!
STEP 5
Find your purpose and passion.
This step will help you understand the power of living your life with a clear purpose and passion. It helps you create the vision, goals, and plans you need to turn attitude into action.
In my first seven years at IBM, I was eager to please but I didn’t have any direction for my career within the company. I was just hoping to find a comfortable and secure place, probably as a salesman, someday. At first, I was excited just to be at Big Blue. Basketball hadn’t worked out. I obviously wasn’t cut out to be an apprentice painter in Alaska. Given my lack of other options, I felt fortunate to be granted a job by one of America’s most admired and powerful companies. ...
