Leadership and the little things that hold us prisoner to a JOB

November 3 at 10:23pm
I received this from a very enlightened friend with some wonderful perspective on leadership and the little things that hold us prisoner to a JOB:

You can pass on leadership, but NOT responsibility, they must take the torch from you as in the Olympic races and carry on as you drive down in their leg working the most excited , newest in that group to burn bright. If you step back too soon, it all falls in as they were not ready yet. It is a totally different thought process when we as a whole have been trained to take all the little bonuses the job gives you like car, per diems, extra little things that actually hold you prisoner to the job, then, they start taking them away one by one, this doesn't seem to phase us and still we stay as now we have seniority and it is all about time we invested, seniority, benefits, and vacations..,we need to wake up and see those 401 k plans, all those benefits, retirement and even social security will not be there when we are ready. IF IT IS GOING TO BE , IT IS UP TO ME