Chris Harder

I promise you, you will look back on this forced pivot with so much fondness and appreciation.

And again, it's so hard to realize in the moment, but I promise you'll look back on it because when you get knocked down and when you're stripped of everything, including your identity, because my identity at that time was, what's my title?

How many people am I managing?

What's my next promotion going to be, right?

So when you're stripped of that identity that you think makes you important, well, you get to choose again.

And I saw this as my opportunity to choose again.

How did I wanna show up in the world this time?

How did I wanna add value?

What did I not wanna do anymore?

Because I'll be honest, the ego and the arrogance that came with that previous version of myself

It wasn't fun.

It wasn't comfortable.

I didn't like being a judgmental individual.

But those were things that came with environment that I was in.

And those were things that came with insecurities of being younger, not working through a lot of those things yet.

So that moment of being able to choose again, hindsight being 2020, was one of the best gifts that was ever given to us.

Yeah, you almost feel like you're playing a role, right?

So you've got this shiny exterior on and you're bulletproof.

And don't worry, I can take on more work.

And don't worry, I'm qualified for this next role.