Thanks to the Mac, I quit my job at the ad agency and went into business for myself.

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Looking back, I am glad I did not just quit the miserable job.

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The title of the farm was changed into my name and I ventured into the farming business in 1992 and quit my job.

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Two months later, an online entertainment editor quit, and they asked me if I wanted the job.

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In early 2000, I quit my job as a financial analyst in Dallas and joined the Navy to pursue the most challenging special operations training in the world.

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When people hear how I quit my job as a lawyer after six years of corporate work, they assume I burned out and fled the nine-to-five (or, more accurately, the nine-to-midnight), leaving contracts, negotiations and lawsuits behind.

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