keccers
@keccers.eth
It cannot be understated how many failures I’ve been involved in. Part of it is bad luck and part of it is this mindset I have to have a job no matter what The only people that benefit from failure are the owners. You just look like shit. Never understood this but it is what it is. Everyone is bullshitting. One of the most spectacular failures I’ve ever been involved with was a grocery delivery company. They had a profitable business since the 90s Internet bubble. The only thing constraining them was their capacity. So they got in bed with PE and made a deal. Built a massive new facility. I got hired as part of “digital transformation” under a new CMO and started right when the new space opened. The transition to the new facility was an unmitigated disaster. Everything went wrong. To the point the PE guys came in one day to an all company meeting. They put up a video of money being lit on fire and told everyone “this is what you are doing to teachers retirement money”
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How grim! Another framing: you learn more from a win than a loss. You learned some very unique lessons on those owners’ dimes. Every chunk that gets taken out of your soul is unique. Eventually you will find a place that has all the soul you’re missing and none of the soul you have. That can only happen if we go thru these failures.
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keccers
@keccers.eth
Yes, this is what I am saying. I learned so much, but it is illegible to anyone but me.
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