Tough Professions, Tough Choices. Either we Get in the Game–or we Get Out. Sounds harsh–but it’s 100% true. It’s one of the few absolutes for upper-level execs and managers, officers, owners, leaders and professionals.
In our view, most of you–the vast majority–are mailing it in. And you are hurting others. Maybe a career change?
There are lots of satisfying careers where you can’t as easily compromise Clients, Customers, Buyers, Patients, Fiduciaries and even your Employer–people who count on you in callings where your work for them really counts.
Lawyering, too, by the way, isn’t a dodge. Not for people who work to feel good about themselves for 2 hours a week, i.e., on Friday nights in a bar with other lawyer friends. There has to be more. It’s an honor to be a lawyer–and a huge responsibility.
Thank you, Eric L. Mayer and Military Underdog.
Mamet via Baldwin: “Good father? Screw you. Go home and play with your kids.”