How Do I Make My Boss Spontaneously Combust?

The Minimalists

Joshua Fields Millburn

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Leisure, Home & Garden

4.7 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Joshua and Ryan talk about the worst boss they ever had and how they stopped tolerating his nonsense. Listen to the full episode at patreon.com/theminimalists

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0:00.0	I'm focused on that words.
0:03.9	How do I make my boss spontaneously combust?
0:07.6	Well, thank you.
0:08.6	You don't have a boss.
0:09.6	I'm kidding.
0:11.6	I understand this sentiment.
0:15.1	Ryan and I had a tyrannical boss.
0:21.4	We'll call him Don.
0:22.5	Mm-hmm.
0:26.5	Man, he brought a lot of misery to our lives.
0:30.9	Yeah.
0:31.9	He had certain expectations of us that were never...
0:34.7	We weren't able to meet because it was a sliding expectation scale.
0:37.6	So as soon as you met the expectation, it was never enough.
0:41.6	Or if it was enough, it was enough for a moment.
0:45.0	And you may, if you're lucky, get a pat on the back.
0:49.0	But really, the reward was to stop being yelled at.
0:52.2	He, in fact, the very first meeting I was in with him.
0:57.8	I was on the phone.
0:58.8	It was me and the other regional managers.
1:02.4	And he called us cocksuckers on the very first meeting.
1:06.0	Mm-hmm.
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