When I realized things needed to change, I thought to myself, Well, all I really know how to do is work. So I figured I would work as many hours as I could. That was all I really had to offer: hard work. I began putting in a lot of hours, and then I discovered that guys would listen to me. Somehow I could convince them to do things when other guys couldn’t. I don’t know why it’s like this, but when some guys talk, people blow them off, and when other guys talk, people pay attention and say to themselves, “Okay, that makes sense.” I knew I had some leadership qualities, so that plus being
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