that further your personal mission. Next, I'll discuss strat- egies for adding value to your company and for develop- ing critical career skills such as risk-taking and problem- solving, which will be useful no matter where you go or what you do. As you're reading, imagine your current company as a training ground to practice everything I cover. Setting and Achieving Goals My first job at a nonprofit organization was nothing like I thought it would be. My responsi- bilities didn't remotely resemble what we dis- cussed in the interview. I was eager to be out in the field helping people. Instead, I was stuck behind a desk pushing paper every day. I was