Dave Rosenthal

But don't sort of lower yourself to the point where you're just doing a crappy job because you don't like where you are. Just move somewhere else and be your best self, right?

So we all win. So let's carry that thought. Let's pull that thread a little bit. If it meant you get laid off or fired or whatever, whatever term they want to put around it, right? In order for the whole to keep moving forward, do you also happily accept that?

So we all win. So let's carry that thought. Let's pull that thread a little bit. If it meant you get laid off or fired or whatever, whatever term they want to put around it, right? In order for the whole to keep moving forward, do you also happily accept that?

disappointment, not resentment.

disappointment, not resentment.

I have a quote for you. Okay. Ego is the enemy.

I have a quote for you. Okay. Ego is the enemy.

You can try. You can chime in. I don't, but what I will say is that I'll be patient. So in my, in my 26 year career, I've been laid off twice. Right. I've had, and I've worked at very large companies. I've worked at very small companies. Right. So I've, I've, you know, I've, I've,

You can try. You can chime in. I don't, but what I will say is that I'll be patient. So in my, in my 26 year career, I've been laid off twice. Right. I've had, and I've worked at very large companies. I've worked at very small companies. Right. So I've, I've, you know, I've, I've,

lived enough life as a professional to have seen all matter of ways, you know, like layoffs are done well, or people are treated fairly or unfairly, kindly, unkindly. So I've been exposed to enough of that. So I speak from that standpoint, I speak from a position of privilege because I've experienced all these facets, right?

lived enough life as a professional to have seen all matter of ways, you know, like layoffs are done well, or people are treated fairly or unfairly, kindly, unkindly. So I've been exposed to enough of that. So I speak from that standpoint, I speak from a position of privilege because I've experienced all these facets, right?

The one thing I think is like consistently that it wasn't always like this when I was younger. and more foolish and more sort of hot-blooded, if somebody said, hey, you're not doing a good job, or we have to lay you off, or we have to fire you because of reason X, Y, and Z, and I have been fired once, the initial reaction is always visceral, right? No matter how...

The one thing I think is like consistently that it wasn't always like this when I was younger. and more foolish and more sort of hot-blooded, if somebody said, hey, you're not doing a good job, or we have to lay you off, or we have to fire you because of reason X, Y, and Z, and I have been fired once, the initial reaction is always visceral, right? No matter how...

you know, stoic you are or try to be, right. Cause it's, it's disappointing, right. It's like a, it's like a stat, you know, especially if you, you know, you've been doing a good job, right. Like to be told it's like a rejection. Nobody loves rejection, right.

you know, stoic you are or try to be, right. Cause it's, it's disappointing, right. It's like a, it's like a stat, you know, especially if you, you know, you've been doing a good job, right. Like to be told it's like a rejection. Nobody loves rejection, right.

To be told that, Hey, we're going to have to let you go because like you say, Jared, like you thought you were, you know, indispensable, but at the end of the day, really you're not right. So at the end of the day, again, You, the business, a company doesn't exist to serve your needs, you know, or to cater to your feelings, right? It exists to make other people wealthy, right?

To be told that, Hey, we're going to have to let you go because like you say, Jared, like you thought you were, you know, indispensable, but at the end of the day, really you're not right. So at the end of the day, again, You, the business, a company doesn't exist to serve your needs, you know, or to cater to your feelings, right? It exists to make other people wealthy, right?

Now, if you happen to also get some level of wealth by some definition, right? You know, relatively speaking from where you were and what you've been able to earn at an organization, that's great, right? It just keeps you happy, keeps you chugging along. But ultimately, businesses are designed to make a certain group of people at the top wealthy. There's nothing wrong with it.

Now, if you happen to also get some level of wealth by some definition, right? You know, relatively speaking from where you were and what you've been able to earn at an organization, that's great, right? It just keeps you happy, keeps you chugging along. But ultimately, businesses are designed to make a certain group of people at the top wealthy. There's nothing wrong with it.

I mean, you start a business for that reason. You want to be well off. You want to take care of your family. You want to have money in the bank. Profit. Yeah, exactly. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. So you get hired as a tool for that purpose. Now, if... When you get that, okay, I've been let go. I thought I was indispensable and I'm not.