FifteenyearsagoIenteredtheBostonGlobewhichwasatempletomethen.Itwasn’teasygettinghired.Ihadtofightmywayintoadime-a-wordjob.ButonceyouwerethereIfoundyouwerein.Globejobswereforlife-gua
FifteenyearsagoIenteredtheBostonGlobewhichwasatempletomethen.Itwasn’teasygettinghired.Ihadtofightmywayintoadime-a-wordjob.ButonceyouwerethereIfoundyouwerein.
Globejobswereforlife-guaranteeduntilretirement.For15yearsIhadprosperedthere—movingfromanordinaryreportertoforeigncorrespondentandfinallytosenioreditor.IwouldhavealifetimeofsecurityifIstruckwithit.
InsteadIhadmadeadecisiontoleave.
Ienteredmyboss’soffice.Wouldherage?Iwondered.Hehadafamoustemper.“Mattwehavetohaveatalk”Ibeganawkwardly.“IcametotheGlobewhenIwastwenty—four.NowI’mforty.There’salotIwanttodoinlife.I’mresigning.”
“Toanotherpaper?”heasked.
Ireachedintomycoatpocketbutdidn’tsayanythingnottrustingmyselfjustthen.
Ihandedhimaletterthatexplaineverything.ItsaidthatIwasleavingtostartanewmediacompany.ThattheGlobehadtaughtmeinathousandways.ThatwewereatarareturningpointinhistoryIwantedtobedirectlyengagedinthechange.
“Iamgladforyou”hesaidquiteoutofmyexpectation.“Ijustcamefromaboardofdirectorsmeetinganditwasseventy-fivepercentdiscouragingnews.Someofthatwecandodealwith.Butmuchofitwecan’t”hewenton.“Iwishyoualltheluckintheworld”beconcluded.“Andifitdoesn’tworkoutrememberyourstarisalwayshighhere.”
ThenIwentoutofhisofficewalkingthroughthenewsroomformoregood-byes.Everybodywassayingcongratulations.Everybody—eventhoughI’dberiskingallonanunfamiliarventure:allthefinancialsecurityIhadcarefullybuiltup.
LaterIhadafinaltalkwithBillTaylorchairmanandpublisheroftheBostonGlobe.HehadturnedtheGlobeintoabillion-dollarproperty.
I’mresigningBill”Isaid.HelistenedwhileIgavehimthestory.Hewasn’tlookingangryofdismayedeither.Afterapausehesaid“GollyIwishIwereinyourshoes.”
1.FromthepassageweknowthattheGlobeisafamous .
A.newspaper B.magazine C.temple D.church
2.Ifthewriterstayedwiththeglobe .
A.hewouldbeabletorealizehislifetimedreams
B.hewouldlethislongfavouritedreamsfad