What's up, guys? It has been a long week for me. And I wanted to record this podcast

because I did have something that was top of mind that happened this week, and I wanted to get it

while it was fresh. And that thing that happened was a conversation I had with one of my

portfolio CEOs. So this particular CEO has a person on their team who,

you know, was recruited for leadership and it's just not working out. You know, that person is not a

fit because they just don't align with the values. You know, and I think the most obvious

misalignment of values is when the person you hire doesn't align with your values.

You know, they don't align with who you are as the founder.

And the two of you just don't mix.

And it's not because you have different personalities.

It's because you have different values.

And so that is what has been happening.

And it's been causing a lot of, like, I would say,

like discontent for that CEO and other people on the team as well, because it's really obvious

that this executive that we brought in is just not the right fit. And when we talked about, okay,

we're going to have to replace this person and fill them with somebody who is the right fit,

I had a recommendation. And it's a recommendation that I talk about a lot with portfolio CEOs as well as my team, as well as

people that I'm just giving advice to, which is, you know, some of the best hires I've ever made

were what I call rising stars. So I'll give you a little story so that you can understand what I mean by

rising star. You know, a few years ago when we started acquisition.com, I wanted to make sure that I

built essentially from the top down, meaning I basically hire all the leaders and then they build

out their teams. And the reason I didn't do that before was because when I was starting my first company,

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