Hey Reader,

A few years ago, I did something that I've only ever seen happen in movies. I threw a pencil in a board meeting...

I remember exactly what I was doing when it happened. It was a Friday afternoon meeting on this never-ending book project at the software dev company I worked at. I was already tired. I was looking forward to the free yoga class I was attending after work - a perk of my freelance journalism gig.

We'd gone over and over and OVER this damn book for months. And now the CEO, who was seated right next to me, was nit-picking a single word in a single line. In true, "well actually" mansplainy fashion, he was arguing for a synonym. So, I said, "We can use that word if you want to."

Here's where it gets good Reader.

He actually said to me, "Well, this is why you're the editor."

That was it! I was done. I had been holding a pencil in my hand, and I just chucked it on the table in front of me.

"Well, then let's go with what's already there," I said.

And the meeting was tense before wrapping up about 10 minutes later.

In the weeks that followed - my last 2 weeks, to be exact - our graphic designer said he knew at that moment I'd had enough. That I was done.

I learned that day that I was destined for more than arguing over synonyms in a boardroom with a man who thought he knew best anyway.

It taught me that often, the problem isn't the problem. In this case, a lack of confidence had him fiddling with little words on a page, not the words themselves.

Have you been caught in a situation like this, where you know there's more to your career and future than where you're now? Or, flipping the story on its head, have you ever found yourself fiddling with little things because you lacked the clarity or confidence to move from inaction to action in your business?

Both are totally normal and natural. And I've been in both places - although I've only ever thrown a pencil in a meeting that one time!

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