Keith Olbermann's Guide to Career Success—On Your Own Terms
This week on Game Plan: An infamous bridge burner talks about succeeding despite his bad reputation
Keith Olbermann
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Keith Olbermann has a habit of abrupt exits from some pretty high-profile professional gigs. "He didn't burn bridges here, he napalmed them," Mike Soltys, an ESPN executive, said after the commentator left the network for the first time back in 1997. Even so, despite leaving on atrocious terms, Olbermann returned to ESPN not just once, but twice. That's what's so remarkable about his career: Olberman manages to get hired back by the very places he publicly pilloried. How does he do it?