It is not good thinking - either at the corporate level or at the personal level - to believe you can simply walk away from your circumstances.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
One has to live with the fact that some corporate decisions are going to be wrong. As long as most of the decisions are right.
I find in most circumstances, people leave bosses, not companies.
When I've gone back to work, it's always with that sense of inevitability. That may be a complete delusion, but it's the one that I need to get out of bed and go about my business. That sense that I can't avoid this thing. I better just get on with it.
In business, if you realize you've made a bad decision, you change it.
If you only do things where you know the answer in advance, your company goes away.
If you put someone in a job who is thinking for even a moment about the next job, you have the wrong person.
Oh, I think I've been entirely selfish with my career. I've done what I wanted to do, and not put myself out for anyone else particularly.
It's easy to walk away from risk, and you don't actually have to face it. Success is based upon overcoming the inherent risk you can't manage your way out of.
The best thing in business is to follow your gut. If a decision is not sitting well with you, don't just make it.
I think that's what keeps you grounded - having your own life that's not directed by your job.