How I ended up in Boulder, Colorado
MAY 11 2012 One of my favorite sayings, “if you want to make the gods laugh, make a plan.” Ever since I was promoted in my sales position with Scott Paper from Los Angeles to Portland, Oregon in 1973, my “plan” had been to ultimately live my life in that beautiful Northwest part of our country. But, at that time in my career, my primary goal was to move up in the company, and for that to occur I needed to take promotions that involved moving to ever larger territories and responsibilities. Always with an eye on returning, I subsequently accepted transfers to Omaha, and from there, to Boston for my first management position. Later I was offered the District Manager’s position in Chicago, but told Scott management that I really wanted to get back to the Northwest. To my delight, they transferred the manager in Seattle to the Chicago job and offered me Seattle! What joy!! My plan had worked out; I would now not accept any more moves and live in the green, green Emerald City. ...