If you're going to build something from nothing, you've got to know what really works.

I took a thousand dollar loan and built a five billion dollar business, and now I make smart investments in new businesses on Shark Tank. This is Barbara

Corcoran and you're listening to Business Unusual. This week on Business Unusual

I'm going to be answering all of the great questions you guys keep sending me in. on business,

on unusual, I'm going to be answering all of the great questions you guys keep sending me in

on business, life, how to move forward, how to jump over obstacles.

Come on, I'm good at it and I want to share my advice.

But first, you might think what you do for a living will determine how

happy you'll be at work, but let me tell you you're wrong. It's the person you work for who's going to determine

whether you're happy or miserable in your job.

I never met anyone who worked for a bad boss and enjoyed their job or for that matter ever got ahead no matter how much they liked what they did.

So finding work that you like to do is the easy part.

Finding the right boss is the more difficult part.

So if you're working for a son of a gun, there comes a time when you've got to fire your boss.

Things can get very tough, and if you have a bad boss for a long time it can do a lot of damage to your ego I know I've had

bad bosses I know what that feels like it can make you feel less important and less

respectful to yourself.

And lack of self-respect can make you really feel stuck

and never push yourself ahead.

It's a dangerous situation to be in.

So how do you fire your boss? Well of course you can't

actually send them packing although in my mind I've wanted to do that a few times

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