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One of These Things is Not Like the Other

I consider myself a person that everyone can get along with. On some days I'm halfway intelligent or demonstrate some type of competency. Unfortunately, you have to be a lot more of that in order to get ahead of your peers or continue to move up and across the consulting lattice / ladder.
Being part of the good old boys network or ol' boys network is not easy. My observation is that it takes quite a bit of work to become a part of that network. At times, it can be downright impossible because you aren't like them.
It's a lot like pledging a fraternity except worse. In this case, there is only one fraternity you can try to pledge and every year might as well be rush. 
What is the definition of insanity again? I think it's something like doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. To make it to the promised land, the ol' boys network, or whatever you call it has to require some degree of insanity, right? 
I started reading this book called Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling and got halfway through it. Now I know why all of my Asian American friends are in the healthcare profession or some profession that isn't corporate America. After all, it's called corporate America, not corporate "Asian America." 
A limiting belief that I will always have is that there is some unknown cultural value that I have to compromise in order to reach a level of business executive or business leader -- in an American based corporate environment. I haven't quite figured out what that value is or how to overcome it. All I know is that time is running out where I have to make that shift or I'll be stuck where I am for a long, long time.

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