But why would someone take a 40+% pay cut by choice? That time must be more valuable than money. There are plenty of reasons besides laziness why this might be true. 

I forgot. I’d asked the new office manager to grab “breakfast” for the VIP meeting. I forgot “breakfast” was code for something different around here.

If your team is always reacting, you’re not scaling—you’re surviving. The embassy had her visa application for 10 months, but they only...