When I was running Manhattan Prep,

I stepped down as CEO to start Adventure for America in 2011.

And I have to say, the organization did not skip a beat.

And I thought to myself, wow, it turns out I was not that important.

And there was some part of me that was a little bit

crestfallen where I was like, oh, I'll make myself available

to the incoming executive director of the company.

Or why not?

And you know what else happens?

The person you bring in as your successor never calls you.

Or if they do call you is just with a concrete ask.

Because it turns out they don't really want your advice.

They want you to get lost.

That's what totally do.

The way that most people operate in life,

and a lot of people listening to this,

probably have been through this,

is like, let's say that you have a new head of a company.

The first thing people think to themselves

is how does this affect me?

You know?

And so then people are just like, oh, am I going to be okay?

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