The "Don't Care" Factor

I am not sure if it has to do with my strong work ethic or pseudo-healthy fear of bosses, but I am usually very accommodating to those I work for. I never learned it was okay to argue or really dissent, since at the end of the day they are the boss and the ones who decide if you have a job tomorrow. Maybe that was it—I was always afraid of getting fired.

Now that I am a boss, my opinions have changed. I don’t really want my staff to piss and moan all of the time, but I do appreciate when they have input. But though I am the big cheese day to day, I still have though who I am responsible to. And with working with my board (translate-bosses) the fear of firing comes back.

Or it was. I have recently come to the conclusion that it is okay if I get sacked. Hell, at this point I would probably welcome it. Not like I think there is any chance they would give me the boot. But not being afraid of it anymore has been very freeing. I am much more assertive with my opinions, fighting the good fight and then some. At the end of it all, I tell myself, the worse thing they can do is can me. And really, that’s not so bad.