I am beginning to feel like my work is all dictated by senior management or by the vendor. I feel like I do not truly own any part of work I've done. Have you ever felt that way before? The sale results on report are quite impressive lately, but I don't think I did anything to deserve the accomplishment. Honestly, most of the forecasting, ordering and buying that I do on a regularly basis have been given to me. They have been pre-determined beforehand. When I do sales projections, the numbers can be easily revised or changed. Then I become merely a data-entry person filling in someone else's numbers. It's really beginning to bother me lately. Maybe it's also time for me to do something about it.

Lately, I've been trying to find a "niche" that I can take on and make a business out of it. If you really know me, you will find that thought rather surprising.. because I never wanted to be a boss. But just until recently, I find it more necessary to become one. As mentioned earlier, I don't want to "just listen" to people. I want to make the decisions myself and accept the outcome, whatever it may be.