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NICHOLAS BOOTHMAN
“It’s me. Susan.”
We hugged. “You look amazing,” I said. “What are
you doing here?”
“I manage three teams at the Ministry of
Agriculture and they’re running public focus groups
here today. I’m wandering from room to room keeping
an eye on them.”
Susan was laughing. “It’s been incredible,” she
said. “When I recognized that I was the only person
who could change my life l became incredibly focused
and confident and, believe it or not, I started talking to
strangers. That was magic. Really scary for the first
couple of times but then it was like finding Christmas
presents all over the place and opening them. It got me
out of the house and into a job with a title: Field
Information Officer. We analyze soil samples to
optimize plant growth.”
“My Purpose Statement pointed me in the right
direction and from that moment on I just needed to ask
myself, ‘am doing it now or not?’ If I was doing it,
there was joy and opportunities appeared and doors
opened and I acted on them. It was almost scary at
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