Robert Glazer
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And CVS did fine over the next couple of years.
Usually there's an upfront cost because it's easier to do what's easier, right, in the short term.
They started all these new categories and selling other stuff.
But I think you gain ultimately,
So I think it's the people who are just weaker in the moment and not willing to give up anything.
in the long run, if you're willing to sustain that short-term hit.
There's another story of founders who are willing to give up their entire company rather than have politics going on and work all day long.
CVS also years ago, when they rebranded as CVS Health, they stopped selling cigarettes.
They lost $2 billion a year, but they were like, look, we can't rebrand to CVS Health and sell cigarettes.
They said that we're not going to have politics anymore.
And their company is thriving years later, but they were like, look, we were willing to like go home and shut it down.
And CVS did fine over the next couple of years.
They started all these new categories and selling other stuff.
It was not the type of company we wanted to work in.
So I think it's the people who are just weaker in the moment and not willing to give up anything that
There's another story of a founders who are willing to give up their entire company rather than have politics going on and work all day long.
So they have to connect.
So a person should try to figure out their individual values, which is the framework that I'm giving to them in the Compass Within.
They said that we're not going to have politics and their company is thriving years later.
And then they can try to match it up against companies.