Simon Sinek

And the result has been amazing and it requires lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of communication and boundary setting and discussions.

And I think professional relationships should be the same, which is I have a blueprint in my head of what an employee should do.

An employee has a blueprint in their head of what a company or a boss should do.

And the problem is, is hopefully that goes well.

Sometimes it goes well and sometimes it completely falls apart.

Versus saying, I got this job.

You got this, you know, you're, you got this, you're my boss.

Can we have a discussion about what we want this relationship to be?

I'm not going to get everything I want, and you're not getting everything you want.

Because that's the boundary I declare, right?

That's just not going to work.

But can we... This is why I think it's important for companies to talk about their why and their values.

I think it's important for companies to set expectations what it's like to work here.

And don't give me this work hard, play hard bullshit.

Like any company that tells you we work hard, play hard, please run in the opposite direction, right?

Why not work smart, play always, right?

Because working hard sounds unhealthy and playing hard sounds very unhealthy.

It's like, I worked too hard this week, so now I'm going to get faced this weekend.

very unhealthy at work and very unhealthy on the weekends.

Yeah, sounds like burnout recipe.