At one point in time, when people were preparing for full-time employment, the first job they landed had the potential to be the only job they ever held. Ambitious individuals may have bounced around, looking to get ahead but, generally speaking, workers remained employed at the same organization for years and years. They were comfortable, stable, happy to have work — and the organizations were happy to have people to work for them. Heck, I went to a college where the footbal

After I graduated college, in a fit of reckless abandon that had nothing to do with my bachelor’s in history, I decided to become a coach. I was looking for something interesting, fun and not necessarily practical. My idea was always to be happy with my life and, hopefully, success would follow. I never became a high-level coach. I started at the collegiate level, NJCAA DIII, then to NCAA Division III, dabbled in the ranks of the private high school and then finally returned