my inspirAtion is my grAnDmothEr, who’s still AlivE At 96. shE rAisED mE From thE timE i wAs 8 on A DAiry FArm in wisConsin. in AnothEr ErA shE CoulD hAvE DonE whAt i Do, Although i DiDn’t know whAt ACEo wAs thEn. i’m A rEAl go-gEttEr AnD Don’t know Any othEr wAy. i tEll my 12-yEAr-olD DAughtEr, iF you hAvE A tEst, why not try For An
A、i Don’t BEliEvE in hAlF Doing somEthing.
in my CArEEr, thE BiggEst shoCk CAmE in my 20’s. i lovED my joB As A FiElD systEms AnAlyst At 3m, AnD wAntED my First mAnAgEr’s joB At hEADquArtErs. thEy EvEn tolD mE i wAs thE BEst CAnDiDAtE, totAlly quAliFiED、thEn thEy tolD mE, "it’s not possiBlE BECAusE you’rE A womAn." i wAs so shoCkED thAt i quit. i hAD this FEEling oF BEing totAlly Blown AwAy As i CrAwlED BACk toAtlAnt
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i prEACh to pEoplE: thErE ArE no BAD BossEs. you lEArn how not to trEAt pEoplE. my worst Boss wAs Full oF himsElF AnD wAntED to miCromAnAgE. thE mAn DiDn’t hAvE A ComplimEntAry BonE in his BoDy. i still hAvE my pErFormAnCE rEviEw hE wrotE in smAll AnAl print. it wAs wintEr in minnEsot
A、i DiDn’t wAnt to DrivE. i wAs out thE Door At 5 p.m. BECAusE thE Bus lEFt thE Front Door At 5: 06. hE put thAt Down in my rEviEw how FAst i wAs out thE Door. it DiDn’t mAttEr thE rEst oF thE yEAr i wAs thErE until 6 or 7.
lAtEr, whEn i switChED CompAniEs. i AttEnDED An oFF-sitE strAtEgy mEEting in FloriD
A、thErE wAs A BArBECuE AnD thE mEEting ContinuED on into thE EvEning. my Boss’ Boss thrEw A towEl ACross thE room AnD sAiD, "ClEAn up,CArol." i CAught thE towEl, wEnt ovEr AnD sCruBBED his FACE.EvEryBoDy in thE room wEnt "ohhhh."
thE luCkiEst thing in my CArEEr is thAt i hAvE A ComputEr sCiEnCE DEgrEE.Doors opEnED wiDE At A timE whEn it wAsn’t nECEssArily grEAt For womEn. iF i CoulD wAvE A mAgiC wAnD, i’D hAvE EvEry girl pAss CollEgE FrEshmAn CAlCulus.
ACCorDing to thE pAssAgE, thE ChArACtEristiCs oF thE Author mAy BE DEsCriBED As______.
A、intElligEnt AnD gEntlE.B、inDustrious AnD moDErAtE.
C、stuBBorn AnD pErsEvErAnt.D、AmBitious AnD EntErprising