Subject: Karma's a "B" That Just Won't Be Ignored 💩
There's nothing like someone being served a big old helping of their just dessert 💩
I had a boss who was a smart guy - legit, engineering smart.
He could look at a mechanical part and figure out how to make it.
He had a gift.
But pride began to creep in.
He was gifted in the area of mechanical design, but he began feeling that he was smarter than everyone else around him in EVERY area. 🤨
It began slowly at first, but because he was the boss it went largely unchallenged.
It wasn't long before he thought he was a biz-dev expert as well and would ignore any advice when it came to running his business.
He gave himself the title of CEO and sat on his self-erected throne in a zombified state as he played with his cell phone - ignoring the warning signs around him 🧟
Doing any form of work or engaging in his business was now beneath him.
Being a project manager at the time, I saw the warning signs and how they negatively affected the biz.
So I brought some of the issues to his attention.
I wanted to try to help correct things before the biz ran off the cliff it was headed for.
The result?
I was greeted with a blank stare of indifference and stone-cold silence. 😑
He disdainfully said to me, "I've learned that if I just ignore it, it goes away."
Sales were drying up, employees weren't happy and the shop was riddled with inefficiencies.
Spin the clock ahead a little and he was on the verge of bankruptcy.💸
One of his most common moves was to lie about when he could deliver projects, causing hold ups on multi-million dollar projects.
When customers complained, he ignored them as he laughed behind their backs saying that their "due dates aren't important."
He would say that because the customer had already given him a purchase order they had no leverage and that they would have to just "chill out and take a number."
It took less than a year and he had run his business into the ground.
Cash flow had dried up, he had ruined his reputation and his good employees left.
The business sunk further and further into the red.
But in the end, he was right.
He said that if he ignored it all, and it would all go away.
And it sure did.
He ignored his business, and it went away.💸
The key take away from all this?
Stick to what you're good at and delegate the rest.
Don't assume that just because you're gifted in one area that you will succeed in things outside your wheelhouse. (Especially if you don't work at them.)
This is why it's often smarter to outsource some areas of your life to the pros.
And it's what we've done for our members inside "The Empirical Collective."
We've done the hard work of research and testing to assemble a team with years of experience skilled at uncovering the best passive income strategies in the stock market.
And a membership with us allows you to reap the benefits immediately by leveraging our experience, rather than trying to add yet another thing to your "to do" list and starting from scratch on your own.
🔥 If that creates a spark of interest, you can click the link here for more details.
Who knows, if my former boss would've listened maybe he wouldn't be scrubbing toilets at a fast food restaurant.🚽
It's a shame, but if someone won't listen... what can you do?
Anyways, keep smiling and I hope your day is overflowing with good things.
Your Minister of Capitalism,
Brett Davison
I had a boss who was a smart guy - legit, engineering smart.
He could look at a mechanical part and figure out how to make it.
He had a gift.
But pride began to creep in.
He was gifted in the area of mechanical design, but he began feeling that he was smarter than everyone else around him in EVERY area. 🤨
It began slowly at first, but because he was the boss it went largely unchallenged.
It wasn't long before he thought he was a biz-dev expert as well and would ignore any advice when it came to running his business.
He gave himself the title of CEO and sat on his self-erected throne in a zombified state as he played with his cell phone - ignoring the warning signs around him 🧟
Doing any form of work or engaging in his business was now beneath him.
Being a project manager at the time, I saw the warning signs and how they negatively affected the biz.
So I brought some of the issues to his attention.
I wanted to try to help correct things before the biz ran off the cliff it was headed for.
The result?
I was greeted with a blank stare of indifference and stone-cold silence. 😑
He disdainfully said to me, "I've learned that if I just ignore it, it goes away."
Sales were drying up, employees weren't happy and the shop was riddled with inefficiencies.
Spin the clock ahead a little and he was on the verge of bankruptcy.💸
One of his most common moves was to lie about when he could deliver projects, causing hold ups on multi-million dollar projects.
When customers complained, he ignored them as he laughed behind their backs saying that their "due dates aren't important."
He would say that because the customer had already given him a purchase order they had no leverage and that they would have to just "chill out and take a number."
It took less than a year and he had run his business into the ground.
Cash flow had dried up, he had ruined his reputation and his good employees left.
The business sunk further and further into the red.
But in the end, he was right.
He said that if he ignored it all, and it would all go away.
And it sure did.
He ignored his business, and it went away.💸
The key take away from all this?
Stick to what you're good at and delegate the rest.
Don't assume that just because you're gifted in one area that you will succeed in things outside your wheelhouse. (Especially if you don't work at them.)
This is why it's often smarter to outsource some areas of your life to the pros.
And it's what we've done for our members inside "The Empirical Collective."
We've done the hard work of research and testing to assemble a team with years of experience skilled at uncovering the best passive income strategies in the stock market.
And a membership with us allows you to reap the benefits immediately by leveraging our experience, rather than trying to add yet another thing to your "to do" list and starting from scratch on your own.
🔥 If that creates a spark of interest, you can click the link here for more details.
Who knows, if my former boss would've listened maybe he wouldn't be scrubbing toilets at a fast food restaurant.🚽
It's a shame, but if someone won't listen... what can you do?
Anyways, keep smiling and I hope your day is overflowing with good things.
Your Minister of Capitalism,
Brett Davison