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Building teams, firing people, and the stuff nobody tells you about managing humans.

“Why Keeping Wrong People Kills Teams” starts with a Netflix story from 2001 that redefined how I think about hiring. Sometimes the right move is the hardest one.

“The $150,000 Lesson That Changed Everything” is about the time I paid Tony Robbins $150,000 for coaching. What I got out of it was worth writing about.

Then there is “6 Things I Should Have Done Sooner as a CEO.” The people you hired, many of them friends, become people you need to hold accountable. That transition is brutal.

I also wrote “My 4-Question Test for Hiring,” sharing the four-question litmus test I use before hiring anyone.

With 7 posts, this section is where the real operational stuff lives.