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Ambition - I'm just getting started!

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by Catherine  |  867 views  |  2 comments  |       Rate this now! 

I am certainly less driven. I no longer say yes to everything and drive myself into the ground. I have more balance. I have more fun. I enjoy my business colleagues, sharing my skills and contributing to the world through my work. And ambition is still alive and well, pushing me toward the realization of my dreams. Over the last 5 years I went from doing sales, sales training, coaching and marketing to my recent move to Membership Development Director for the National Association of Mothers' Centers. I have my dream job. Ambition - I'm just getting started!

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  • I don't think my kids make me less ambitious. If anything being in a relationship makes me less ambitious. I get comfortable and kinda put my career goals aside and then the desperate house wife kicks in.

    Flag as inappropriate Posted by Nydia Clarissa on 3rd July 2007

  • Catherine, thanks for sharing this - I really enjoyed your perspective and wow, congrats on finding your dream job that you can juggle while being a mom!

    Flag as inappropriate Posted by Nataly on 3rd July 2007

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