About 25 years ago, I was at a party and met a retired man who was still bitter.

He’d been laid off from a company he gave 35 years to.

The kicker? It had happened a decade earlier — and he was still seething.

Here’s the lesson:

It’s natural to want fairness. And yeah, layoffs suck. Especially w...

Several years ago, my daughter was working in a tough environment.

Lazy coworkers. Helpless leadership. She was doing the heavy lifting, getting none of the credit.

I told her: give it your all anyway.

She gave me a look.

Fair. It’s frustrating.

But here’s the thing—you don’t do it for them.

Y...