I’m all in on standing up for Corporate Misfits. I don’t know where you are at the moment – you could be feeling any mixture of seen, terrified or “tell me something I don’t know…”

Here’s what I do know: it isn’t getting better any time soon. The corporate world benefits from non-conformity but crushes it whenever it shows up.

I’ve spent 35 years – 20 inside, 15 outside – trying to make sense of this misfit life.

And while I have much to share, I want to be really clear: the system doesn’t like you, and there are no quick fixes or magic bullets to change that fact.

That was a hard realization for me, about 8 years before I decided to tunnel my way out

(though the story of that particular year is for another day)

It showed up at the oddest times…

3am in the morning staring at the bedroom ceiling…

doodling in the margins of my notepad during a meeting…

in the horrible moments when I yelled at the kids because it was punching my subconscious

The deal I made with myself was that I wouldn’t wallow – and it’s my first encouragement to you.

Yes, sit with being a misfit for as long as you need – but promise me, eventually, you’ll move to “now what the fuck am I gonna do about it?!”

I now know that I went it alone too long – should have asked for help. So, I’m making it easy for you – you don’t even need to ask.

Time is precious, for you and me both, what are you waiting for?