Some CEOs become very uncomfortable when they find out that you can survive without a salary. Such insecurity bosses even begin plotting all ways to "humble" you.
See, a CEO can tolerate your brilliance... what scares him is knowing you won't starve if he fires you.
Quietly build another income stream.
Some CEOs don't fear your resignation. They fear the day you realise you can leave and still eat well.
When your boss knows you have options, the office politics change. Suddenly even your lunch looks suspicious.
Competence is a gift in a healthy workplace and a threat in a fragile one where the CEO wants to be worshipped.
I’ve seen brilliant people demoted quietly and mediocre people promoted loudly.
You can lose the job without losing the gift that fed you before the payslip ever came. A company can delete your name from the payroll. It cannot delete what God put in your hands. Find that gift. Sharpen it. Build around it. The job can end. Your usefulness doesn't have to.
A company can remove your name from payroll on Friday. Your gift can put food on the table again before Monday knows what happened.
People protect their job so fiercely, they neglect the very gift that could rescue them when the job finally says goodbye. Build skills. Add value.
LIFE doesn't skip anyone. It just takes its time getting to your address. That’s not a threat, it's a guarantee. Tables turn.
The same hands that clapped when you were up won't lift you when you're down. That's the weather forecast you should be mindful about.
Be humble when life opens doors. Your high season needs discipline more than celebration. Plenty of people lose themselves after finally getting what they prayed for.