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Message: [QUOTE="bags27, post: 2528235, member: 6761"] And a very wise woman, too. A hard life lesson learned: that, even if you have the talent and success, you don't need to do what "you're supposed to." Sometimes the hardest--and wisest--thing to do is to pass up an opportunity. "Grow where you're planted," as they used to say.... [I]“It’s very meaningful to me to have continuity at Bentley,” Stevens said. “I loved my job at Clark University, loved the people I worked with. I left because I thought that careerwise you’re supposed to move up if you have the opportunity. It’s what you’re supposed to do so. If people want you, I had those visions in my head. I left Clark to go to UMass-Amherst. It was difficult, those were three unsuccessful seasons. I was glad to go to Bentley.”[/I] [/QUOTE]