At Cisco, I made every decision based on what was good for the company, and that pretty much ruined my marriage and my health.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I was working at a phone company. I got tired of my life and wanted to change it, so I did.
My happiness is not dictated on this business. Once I realized that, everything kind of changed.
I've always been able to decide what was more important at different points in my life, but I never gave up personal things to work, never.
For me working on the marriage and not making the easy choice of cheating was something that I could not do.
My job was to turn the company around and to give Time Warner a profitable Web business to spin off and a profitable access business that still throws off a tremendous amount of cash. I can check both of those boxes. I am done, and I feel good about what we've accomplished.
For me, Company is still the best way for me to work.
I sensed my chance and embraced the telecom business. I started marketing telephones, answering/fax machines under the brand name Beetel, and the company picked up really fast.
Business wise, I have always learned valuable lessons so I don't regret any decisions I have made.
Honestly, my smartest business decision was to never do anything that I didn't love doing.
In business, if you realize you've made a bad decision, you change it.