Stuff I learned from Jim
On October 25, 2003, my friend and mentor, Jim Codega died after a lengthy battle with Mantle-Cell Lymphoma.
Jim was my first boss and hired me right after college. Jim really laid the groundwork for my career in social work by instilling core beliefs about our work that I still hold dear today. Whether I am just talking with a colleague or training a large group, something Jim has taught me usually has a way of coming up as just the right thing to say. Here is a collection of things Jim said that I will always remember. I can’t say for sure whether they are original to Jim or if he repeated something he heard from someone else. It’s not really important. What is important is that he gave them to me.
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