The Ego ContinuumSAMPLE

introduction
“Leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders.”
— Tom Peters
Of course, i would get the job; i worked for
a recruitment agency, interviews were my life! This particular job
I was applying for was at a company that used my recruitment
agency to hire all their employees; I was normally the one
directing interviews for them! I dressed up, walked in, and I was
as cocky as one could be. People love confidence, right? I came
with a presentation I had put together of how one should be
leading a team of individuals. On every other slide of my slick
PowerPoint presentation (PowerPoint was cool back then,
okay?) I had inspirational quotes. It was cheesy and overdone,
and I was overconfident.
I’m quite sure that the content in the PowerPoint was overkill;
it was a lot of fluff, without much substance. I’m sure there were
plenty of spelling mistakes. I am positive now that I made a fool
of myself, but back then, I walked out of that interview thinking I
had the job in the bag. Meanwhile, they were undoubtedly in the