To Make Great Progress, Find Goals Bigger Than Yourself  Beverly
Jones  Updated Thu, Mar 28, 2013 2:41 pm OU alum and executive
coach Bev Jones offers tips for a more rewarding career.  When I
first met Gayle Williams-Byers in the early '90s I was impressed
by her determination.  At the time, she had begun a coveted
internship in the White House.  She was supposed to be writing a
paper about her learning experience as an intern, for 12 hours
of academic credit from Case Western Reserve University, where
she was a junior.   Gayle's problem was that the only work she
was given at the White House was making photocopies. She needed
those credit hours, but didn't feel she would be able to claim
them because she wasn't learning anything.    Gayle found her
way to my Washington office through an acquaintance.  She
requested a few minutes of my time, then pretty much announced
that she'd be transferring her internship to my team.  She said
that she'd do anything, that she'd make it worth my while to
take her on, but