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PREFACE
This book provides an opportunity to examine some of the lessons you've learned over the course of your life, whether at work or outside of work, and ask yourself an important question: "How's that working for me?"

When I think back on my corporate career, I identify myself as a square peg in a round hole - trying desperately to fit into the mold for which I was hired, only to feel that the only way to do that was to shave off those square corners that made me who I was. It became more difficult to sacrifice those parts of me, even for the pension and benefits, than to be true to who I am. I was taking a paycheck but knowing I was only contributing a portion of myself to the company, despite a connection to the cause. I knew there was more for me to do, but didn't yet have the skills or the self-awareness to be able to communicate that to my boss.

With the benefit of hindsight now, I'm able to see that had I had support in my seemingly outrageous thoughts and belief system, I may have been able to communicate my ideas in a way that wasn't as threatening as it appeared at the time. Had I known that there were others in the world who shared some of my frustrations about feeling stuffed into the box that was mine on the organizational chart I may have been able to formulate my thoughts into meaningful dialogue.

That's my hope for you as you read this book.
One thing I didn't understand then was that 100% is not the same for every person. My 100% may be 50% of what you choose to bring to the situation - or it may be 150% of what you choose to bring. But if we are all committed to bringing our own individual 100% to our work each day - or even to individual projects during the day - and know and trust that our employers, employees, and/or co-workers are doing the same thing, we will have an excellent opportunity to create a higher level of satisfaction at work.

Of course, the opportunity to receive a maximum level of satisfaction from our work will require us to become 100% responsible for contributing our 100%.

You already know this stuff - but I challenge you to think of this conventional wisdom without the filters you've gotten used to over the years. It's not terribly new information, but as Doris Lessing says:

"This is what learning is.
You suddenly understand something
you've understood your whole life, but in a new way."