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When someone asks for your time and you wonder what's in it for you

A younger colleague asked if I had ten minutes to talk through her career, and my first honest reaction was to wonder what was in it for me. I've spent my whole climb focused on my own next rung and never once thought of the people coming up behind me as any kind of responsibility. Her question left me a little uncomfortable, because I realized I've never asked what I owe them at all.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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You've never once considered that you might owe anything to the people coming up behind you.

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.