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I didn’t get into educational technology or higher education leadership because of some burning passion for the field or a desire to lead; my driver was desperation, pure and simple. I was poor, I was tired, and I was also recently remarried with young son, a new baby girl, and another boy on the way. I had reached the end of my rope, and something had to change. That change involved completing a Ph.D. in record time, working my way through tenure and promotion, and helping to found a hugely successful educational enterprise. Along the way, I learned some leadership and life lessons and found both a sense of purpose and of pride.
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Huett, J.B. (2019). Finding One’s Way Toward Leadership. In: Miller, C.T., Piña, A.A. (eds) Lessons in Leadership in the Field of Educational Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29501-1_8
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