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» Better to Fail than Never to Try
This is one of the reasons why I pursued writing. I mean, I could have easily went to another nuclear plant .. if I wanted.
I was running the show there at the best-situated nuclear plant in the country .. making decent bank.
Most nuclear plants are built out in the middle of nowhere .. so that few as possible are affected if the thing melts down, like what happened at Three Mile Island.
(I know contractors who worked at TMI and who told me, "That place was a disaster waiting to happen." )
And I had a decent handle on this thing .. but after a few years, I was no longer challenged by/with this position. I'm talking after the few years that it takes to work out the kinks in the scope and parameters of this newly-created position.
[ While I was still learning exactly what I could do and what I couldn't do .. I would sometimes just do things .. without asking permission.
When your bosses see how well things work .. they are not going to say, "You ought not done that. You shouldve asked permission first."
Though I admit there was one time when I got my ass chewed serverely .. when I spoke to another dept's boss and got a job for the girlfriend of a friend.
I never did that again. Some things are regarded as territorial. Things that you might never recognize .. as long as you stay within your own territory. ]
For the first few years, yes, I worked hard at dialing in this thing and I was learning new shit left-n-right. Social skills come into play prominently here .. in addition to the technical skills that you must wield daily.
But I had dialed it in. Nicely.
» Challenge Thyself to Better Measure Thyself
There is a thing in the human heart that wants to measure itself .. not necessarily against others, but certainly against its own potential.
I was already bored at what I considered the ultimate contractor position.
Better to fail at the bigger challenge .. my thinking at the time was .. than never to try. I bet that Roxane would agree with me here.
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