Summary:

Dr. Jim, spring-boarded by Jeff Cook’s viral story: a 19-year Ruby Tuesday veteran fired after working Christmas Day with a skeleton crew and no holiday pay.

I break down why you can’t outsource your career safety to corporate “loyalty.” Using Jeff’s Christmas firing as the catalyst, I call out the disposable-cog model baked into modern corporate incentives and lay out the mindset shift: act like a free agent, protect your upside, and stop playing by rules that were never written for you.

Chapters:

00:00 — The Christmas Firing That Sparked This

02:00 — Doing the Impossible, Getting Fired Anyway

04:00 — The Broken Social Contract

06:00 — Act Like a Free Agent

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