Jerod

And so I wrote, and I'll share more if you'd like, but I'll just share what I think is probably the essence of how I felt at the time.

And so I wrote, and I'll share more if you'd like, but I'll just share what I think is probably the essence of how I felt at the time.

about being a cog it was acceptance as i'll say this is this quote i'm a very sharp highly specific purposefully purposeful cog as part of a much bigger much more grand machine i play a very specific part highly needed part so that others can do the same i serve the unit the team and its mission not myself I also have a military background.

about being a cog it was acceptance as i'll say this is this quote i'm a very sharp highly specific purposefully purposeful cog as part of a much bigger much more grand machine i play a very specific part highly needed part so that others can do the same i serve the unit the team and its mission not myself I also have a military background.

So I came from... That sounds like a military person speaking. Yeah, I have this military background too. So it was always team. It was never I, it was always we. And so after reading Seth Godin's Linchpin, which I think is not really founder mode, but it's founder mode-esque. It tells you to be a linchpin. Don't go into an organization...

So I came from... That sounds like a military person speaking. Yeah, I have this military background too. So it was always team. It was never I, it was always we. And so after reading Seth Godin's Linchpin, which I think is not really founder mode, but it's founder mode-esque. It tells you to be a linchpin. Don't go into an organization...

and just be a cog, be somebody who is a change maker, somebody who could be leaned upon. A linchpin in the true terminology is back in the day, you know, back in Hugh Glass's day, the wagon wheel had to be held on to the wagon via this thing called a what? A linchpin. That linchpin was not there. They still use them on trailers and all kinds of things. Right.

and just be a cog, be somebody who is a change maker, somebody who could be leaned upon. A linchpin in the true terminology is back in the day, you know, back in Hugh Glass's day, the wagon wheel had to be held on to the wagon via this thing called a what? A linchpin. That linchpin was not there. They still use them on trailers and all kinds of things. Right.

The wheel was no longer on the thing that made the wheel purposeful anymore. And so to summarize how I felt here, I really felt like I was fine with being a cog. I was, I was cool with that. That doesn't mean I want to be truly crap or be sure, you know, not treated well. It was that I was okay with being not a linchpin.

The wheel was no longer on the thing that made the wheel purposeful anymore. And so to summarize how I felt here, I really felt like I was fine with being a cog. I was, I was cool with that. That doesn't mean I want to be truly crap or be sure, you know, not treated well. It was that I was okay with being not a linchpin.

I said later, I said, I'm starting to wonder if the concept shared in Seth's book, linchpin was a bit arrogant or self-centered. Aren't we all indispensable? Aren't we all replaceable? Like, and so to like, To strive for being a linchpin was almost like striving for perfection. Perfection is just seemingly unattainable and almost the enemy of profits and the enemy of done.

I said later, I said, I'm starting to wonder if the concept shared in Seth's book, linchpin was a bit arrogant or self-centered. Aren't we all indispensable? Aren't we all replaceable? Like, and so to like, To strive for being a linchpin was almost like striving for perfection. Perfection is just seemingly unattainable and almost the enemy of profits and the enemy of done.

We've heard that several times. It's like, you know what? I'm cool with being a cog. I'll just recognize my purposefulness in being a cog and what role I play so that others on my team can do the same.

We've heard that several times. It's like, you know what? I'm cool with being a cog. I'll just recognize my purposefulness in being a cog and what role I play so that others on my team can do the same.

How many times have I been laid off? Almost maybe once, I think maybe. I haven't ever really been fired. To answer that question, I would not be happy about being let go, for sure. Let go, laid off, I don't care how you term it. It's never a positive thing.

How many times have I been laid off? Almost maybe once, I think maybe. I haven't ever really been fired. To answer that question, I would not be happy about being let go, for sure. Let go, laid off, I don't care how you term it. It's never a positive thing.

But if my experience there was positive, if the founder or founders treated me with respect and I was removed from my position in a way I think was kind, And my team still had care for me. Like when I left pure charity, the thing I did prior to in, you know, Jared was like, dude, we should, you should do this full time. And in 2015, I finally listened to Jared and my wife and I left pure charity.

But if my experience there was positive, if the founder or founders treated me with respect and I was removed from my position in a way I think was kind, And my team still had care for me. Like when I left pure charity, the thing I did prior to in, you know, Jared was like, dude, we should, you should do this full time. And in 2015, I finally listened to Jared and my wife and I left pure charity.

And I wrote this post when I was at pure charity. And so the founder was applied to me there. That was later on penned by Paul Graham. I think that if, if I'm treated well and I'm removed from a position in order for it to move along, um, I think I'd be okay with that. I would not be happy about being let go.

And I wrote this post when I was at pure charity. And so the founder was applied to me there. That was later on penned by Paul Graham. I think that if, if I'm treated well and I'm removed from a position in order for it to move along, um, I think I'd be okay with that. I would not be happy about being let go.