Phil Goldsmith has had more careers than anyone I know -- lawyer, journalist, deputy mayor, bank executive, head hunter. He also ran Fairmount Park, the Philadelphia School District, and as managing director, ran the city itself. Between some of those gigs, he wrote a book, took up drumming, trained as a spinning instructor, and tried his hand at art.You might say the man craves challenges.
Now that Phil has left full-time work, he says he's facing his biggest challenge ever -- to try to figure out what he really wants to do rather than do the things that help him feel important.
"Am I doing that because it's good for my ego?" --Phil Goldsmith
"When I first left the city in 2005, anything that came my way I agreed to do. So before I knew it, I was on 7 or 8 boards. And that was just to fill my time and to make me feel important because I no longer had the importance of title. So you find other ways to feel important or find meaning. And after a while you spread yourself too thin and you start to question whether
