During my 27 ish year career as an EA, most of which supporting at the most senior levels, I experienced some really challenging times.

Mergers, acquisitions, public relations catastrophes, IPOs, changes in leadership, Royal Commissions, House Economics Committee appearances, the GFC, a pandemic, bullying, sexual harassment, unreasonable requests, demanding executives and some lean times with serious cut backs.

I also experienced some really amazing, happy, cruisy times.

Here’s the weird thing. The happy, easy times weren’t the moments in my career that brought me the most growth or opportunities.