"Before you can ever inspire, motivate, or influence, you must connect first."
"I knew it was time to leave when I realized I could no longer look students in the eye and tell them what a great place this was to work."
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Source: Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs. www.nytimes.com. March 14, 2012.
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