By Age 26, Tom Was a Plant Manager in the Snack-Foods

By age 26, Tom was a plant manager in the snack-foods division. By 33, he headed the division, one of the most profitable in the corporation. Eventually, however, the company decided to move its corporate offices. Although he loved the job and thought the work was great, Tom's lifestyle was awful. He was on the road so often that he was giving up much of his family life. Tom had also become disenchanted with corporate life. He saw that the closer one got to the top, the more vulnerable one's position became. Thus, Tom left the corporation to start his own snack-foods company. His thoughts and actions most clearly reveal his

A) entrepreneurial spirit.
B) need for independence.
C) desire to determine his own destiny.
D) willingness to find and accept a challenge.
E) lack of self-confidence.