I hired a BD who relocated from Lagos to our then Akure office. Two weeks into the job she requested to attend a training she had registered for in Lagos. She got back to work on Monday.
I remember we had a strategy session that day..reviewed our playbook etc.. an agency even came to pitch us ... you need to see the way she grilled them, speaking in "us, we, 6 months plan, 1 year plan" . LOL
That same day, by 5PM on the dot, she dropped a resignation on Slack...and before I could say jack she's gone offline.... she left for a big commercial bank (fair enough)..... the 'training' was actually her 'onboarding'.
Employees also have dreams and aspirations. They have a dream job in mind, and 9/10 times it's not your shaky, not-funded, about-to-die, barely-meeting-payroll startup.
The onus is on you to build that company into the "dream job" that people would fast and pray to land...
Until then, support and appreciate their contributions.... and when it's time to move on let them leave with the 'loudest possible' applauds.
Game on !
@SokeyeA Imagine me as a Chelsea fan being more worried that Chelsea may not make 6th even if Villa wins than villa actually not winning. Tough times man.
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I think every [young] person should have a very clear idea of who they want to be. The life they want to live.
Pick a timeframe. 2 years. 5 years. Who do you want to be at 25? 30? 35? 40?
Like with terrifying specificity. What sports do you play? Where do you work? What’s your salary? Where do you live? What’s your week like? Who’s still around you? What’s your networth? What industry do you want to be in? What things do you no longer do?
I’ve seen so many people fumble opportunities because they couldn’t realize fast enough that they were at the doorway for the life they wanted, because they couldn’t articulate the life they wanted.
Write it down, talk about it. with friends. sometimes even with enemies. be loud, and be intentional.
I can’t count how many times I’ve been called to do something because a friend remembered that “oh, you said it’d be cool if you worked with an event/company/creative, so this thing came up and I thought of you”.
You don’t have the life you want, because you don’t even know what it is yet.
@shadydoorags I think they made it pretty clear in the end that the "the advanced all knowing AI" was not all knowing afterall, so the flaw is part of the story, you don't gotta nitpick everything.
J. Cole is VERY good at making J. Cole music. Either you like it or you don’t. Either you get it or you don’t. There’s a certain feeling you have to have felt listening to “The Come Up” to get it. That’s why I don’t argue with people who don’t. You like what you like. 🤷🏾♀️