Comments on: Why Bail From Success?

By: Enrique S

Enrique S — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:14:30 +0000

You're not alone. Look at all of the high-profile coaches who've left at the top of their game, like Bill Parcells, Rick Pitino, and Larry Brown, because they got bored or wanted a new challenge. I don't think that it's bailing, just the inevitability that you've taken it as far as it could go.

By: Enrique S

Enrique S — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:14:30 +0000

By: Curmudgeon

Curmudgeon — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:41:05 +0000

The photo is Steve's choice, Ruth; I am merely a humble wordsmith, with little visual sense. But you're right, it is quite striking.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:51:07 +0000

First of all, let me commend you (or Steve?) on the choice of photos. I first saw the Nike (Winged Victory) when I was 17 years old as an exchange student, studying French. It was so beautiful with the sun striking it, that the marble seemed to glow with life from within. I actually sat down on the steps staring at it and cried (there weren't such crowds back in the 1960s) because I had never seen anything that beautiful. I was fortunate enough to be able to sit there all alone for a considerable length of time just being in the presence of such transcendent beauty. Well, I got off track, didn't I? What I really wanted to comment on was another reason to leave a good position: sometimes, it's just that a much better opportunity comes along. Although it's hard to leave a place and people where everything is going well, it's also hard to let an opportunity pass you by, an opportunity that may never come your way again. And by opportunity, I don't mean more money, because the older you get (like me), the more you realize it's not ALL about money–it's about filling some need or desire within yourself, be it intellectual, social, emotional, or whatever. Sort of like the Nike that seems to glow from within, a job has to ignite something within you in order for it to be something you want to get up and do every day.

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