I don't say lonely, but I do say alientated. It's a path that doesn't make a lot of sense unless you've gone down it. So I have a harder time connecting about

I don't say lonely, but I do say alientated. It's a path that doesn't make a lot of sense unless you've gone down it. So I have a harder time connecting about work to careerist friends. But there are other things to connect on. It's also lonely because you can't tell staff everything. If you are planning to fire someone, or you actually do, you have a responsibility to keep the reasons to yourself. It feels dishonest every time. For connection on the topic of work I'm in an entrepreneur's group. We meet about every two months, about 8 of us at each meeting. What you learn from hearing other people's real problems is that your own shitty problems aren't unique. In fact they're probably the norm.