How true. Outside of work, I regularly find myself in low risk / high consequence situations and those are the times I feel most alive. No matter how stressful they may be.

But I can’t take the stress of political bickering. It’s crushing.

One problem is that in order to progress one’s career, a ‘management track’ becomes more and more apparent. And to nobody’s surprise, it contains a fair share of games and posturing. And to bulldoze it will get you nowhere. At most, you’ll be used as the bull dog to level the field for others.

There’s just no winning.