Reality is often far more nuanced and far less concerned about our needs.

The tough part is that you actually need to learn everything you can about running three companies.

The criticisms we expect and are somewhat prepared for are normally not a big deal. It’s the criticism we believe we don’t deserve and don’t expect, that often affect us the most.

Through our actions we can choose whomever we want to be during this time.

When all is said and done, the board really only has two jobs - two buttons they push.

If you graphed your mistakes vs the quality of the learning from those mistakes - and your successes vs that quality learning? How do you think the two would compare?

Real leadership is a constant work in progress and to push forward you have to hunt for the things you personally are bad at seeing.