In time, she learned to develop her own opinion of the people that she worked for, and she got stronger. Think she's now much stronger. In the beginning she wanted to believe she was strong but sometimes she faltered.
Even though I pretty much made my own decisions early on, when I was younger I tended to overbook my life.
One thing you learned as a Cubs fan: when you bought you ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth.