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You Can’t Leave Toxic People Because You Fear Loneliness More Than Toxicity
Or, you’re dumb (like me). You can get out of it if you want to (but you don’t have to).
The C-suite position is a grandchild in front of age.
I thought having the C-suite position will help me stay away from toxic people forever. I worked hard for free to choose my own C-suite position at a startup I think my own. COO sounded cool, also it aligns with what I do (I’m a marketer but I turn our mission and vision into reality in every way possible), plus I thought this position is just below CEO, according to Google so it felt awesome.
Nobody has a C-suite position except me and the CEO of our team. Others had but they changed it, without stepping down from what they do. The chief quality officer became a product manager.
I’m 17. I knew telling this to anyone will reduce them respecting me. I was right for the first time.
I told my secret age to a few core team members right when I first talked with them so they know I add value, for free, apart from everything else I do and they respect me.
I didn’t want to tell my position to the marketing interns because I brought them in. But, I joined a critical thinking workshop with them and the…
