02/04/2026
Would You Want to Work For You?
I heard this question at an event some time ago, asked with humor and lightness. But when I looked around the room, almost everyone was chuckling and shaking their heads "no."
My answer? "I would love to work for me."
I didn't think much of it at the time. But later, when I mentioned this question to a podcast guest, he said something that stopped me in my tracks:
"๐๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐บ."
That's when I realizedโ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ, ๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
And that feeling? It can be incredibly eye-opening.
If you laugh and say "no" โ maybe you're self-aware enough to recognize your flaws as a leader. There's something healthy in that honesty.
If you confidently say "yes" โ hopefully it means you're leading with integrity, practicing what you preach, and creating an environment you'd genuinely want to be part of.
But if it makes you angry? That reaction might be the most revealing of all. Anger often shows up when we're confronted with a gap between who we are and who we want to be. Or when we're holding others to standards we don't hold ourselves to.
This isn't about being perfect. It's about alignment.
*Would you respect yourself as a leader?
*Would you thrive under your own management style?
*Do you practice what you preach?
Your emotional response to that question might tell you more than your answer ever could.
So I'll ask you: ๐ช๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐?
And maybe more importantlyโ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น?
