Golden Handcuffs

Why it's sometimes a great idea to walk away from a dream job and a pile of money

Elliotte Friedman started his most recent 32 Thoughts blog thusly:

Early in my career, out of frustration, I quit a job.

I regretted it the next day and, thankfully, things worked out. But I remember what my father said: “If you threaten to quit, you better be serious about it.”

Hard not to think of that in the aftermath of Toronto’s front-office Chernobyl…