-: So I knew I wanted to travel a bit,
and I knew I didn't want to pay for it.
So, this being a really big travel position,
was something I wanted.
Also, GE has a world-class leadership institute.
Crotonville was one of the first corporate training
management schools in the country, I'm pretty sure.
At least that's what they told us (laughs).
I was able to go there as part
of my training and part of my work,
so what I saw, more than just the water plants,
was the value of these other perks that I had:
the travel and to get world-class
leadership training while getting paid for it.
The hardest part, which, this is funny,
the hardest part was the travel.
It's very enticing to take this big travel job,
and it's really cool for about six months,
but when you stay at a hotel 300
plus days a year it gets lonely,
and so you think a lot about who you are
and what you're doing with your life,
and why you're doing what you're doing, right?
And then on top of that, I mean,
not only the travel, but when you travel so much,
you don't have an office environment to go to,
so your environment changes every couple weeks,
every couple months, every time you're on a new plan.
You have a new customer, you have
a new team you're working with,
so the inconsistency was very hard to do after two years.