/ Browse by choice
Browse by the choice, not the industry.
Industry is the wrong axis. The choice is the right one.
/ executive severance
2 conversations
I was the most senior person on the call
Twenty-two years at one company, the last eight as CFO. Took the severance package the morning after the third reorg and hasn’t taken a board seat since.
The deal I did not sign
Thirty-one years at one law firm, the last seven as managing partner. The week he was meant to sign a four-year extension, he resigned.
/ athlete retirement
1 conversation
/ artist stop
2 conversations
I finished the novel and stopped writing
Three published novels in twelve years. Finished a fourth manuscript, decided not to publish it, and has not written fiction since.
The second album I shelved
One critically acclaimed album, eighteen months of touring, and a second album recorded but never released. Quit the day after the master was delivered.
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