I Got My Dream Job and So Can You: 7 Steps to Creating Your Ideal Career After College

CHAPTER 12OUT-OF-OFFICE LIFE(SUCCESS SECRET #5)

“Nobody on his deathbed ever said, ‘I wish I had spent more time at the office.’ ”

—PAUL TSONGAS, FORMER U.S. SENATOR

7:12 p.m., Friday, November 17, 2007: at the Verizon Center (in my private office)

I cleaned off my desk, turned off my computer, and locked the door to my office. Once again, I had chosen to stay late after work, even though there was no real reason to do so. There was nothing urgent or very important that needed to be finished, and my boss didn’t even know I would be there that late.

As I started to make my way downstairs to the trains located underneath the arena, I noticed that I was the only person entering the station. I approached the turnstiles for the Metro and reached ...