Jordan Harbinger

Go work for someone else because this stance on power, quote unquote, it's not getting you anywhere.

In fact, it's you're going to run into serious issues if you just refuse to manage the people that work for you.

I agree, but I have no idea where she's supposed to start because this monster has like six heads and they're all trying to eat our friend here.

I like all that in theory, Gabe, but my fear is that her mom does what she always does and just gets overwhelmed and says, sorry, I need to stop talking about all this.

I can sort of visualize this and it's annoying.

Even the visual of someone being like, I can't think about this right now.

Gosh, get away from my business.

That's where I'm at with all this.

I worked with dysfunctional partners for years, just way too long.

And I know how crazy making it is.

I just don't see this ending well.

These people don't change.

Plus, when the partner driving you crazy is also your mom, that just adds a whole other layer to the dynamic.

It's very tough.

right if she's like this at work i'm guessing she was probably like this at least to some degree growing up in their home and that probably taps into some very old personal stuff and i'm sure that sends our friend over the edge i'm sure if i had to run an etsy business with my dad or whatever i'd last like three weeks we'd be at each other's throats love you dad not gonna happen also when you're annoyed with your business partner who's just a business partner it's so much easier to say hey the way you're doing this is driving me crazy we need to get better at this

But when it's your mom, that can be really hard, even harder than if it's your dad.

It might feel cruel, scary or dangerous.

It's just it's hard to call out your own parent.

I think so.

And if she's not open to that, I would say maybe you leave it to her and you just go start your own.