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TEI 2008: teamwork, excellence, and integrity.(Tax Executives Institute)
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Tax Executive
- Article date:
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July 1, 2007
- Author:
- McDonough, Robert J.
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I'm a Red Sox fan. To different people that means different things. To many, if not most, people in Red Sox Nation, it means that most nights we have two teams to root for--Boston and whoever's playing the [fill in the blank]. To others, it means having lots of experience with frustration and with waiting. I am not a person who views sports as the perfect metaphor for life, but to me, a key aspect of being a Red Sox fan, or really any type of sports fan, is the balance you have to strike between hope and reality.
Year after year, you have to assess the talent and other resources you have, weigh them against the challenges you face, and then--despite the odds--go out each ...