A backbone?

I was not surprised to see Trump get acquitted today by the Senate. I was surprised to see one Republican senator actually vote to convict Trump. Kudos to you Mitt Romney, you have a backbone and earned a lot of respect today.

Yeah I know… this could all be a political play and Romney just has his eyes set on the 2024 election. Time will only tell. Regardless, this may be the only time I’ll give props to a Republican senator in the near future so let’s end on that.

I reflected a little bit on this today after reading this and realized how important it is to have a backbone to be successful in the business world. When discussing a “backbone”, I can’t help but think about one of my former bosses at my last firm who would yell at people, “Do you not a have a backbone?”

She was a very stereotypical crude New Yorker and I never would recommend that you need to be like her to be successful although she was undoubtedly very successful. With that said, it’s an important takeaway and piece of advice.

Being passive and going with the flow only gets you so far. You need to learn to stand up for yourself and what you believe in. Have a backbone and don’t let people walk all over you.