A Job Without Ownership Sucks
Start Owning Something. Or Vanish. Read time: 4 minutes TL;DR: Jobs without real ownership drain your soul. But most people avoid taking full ownership because they can’t blame others when things fail. Here’s how to own your work without burning out from fear of failure: start with small ownership zones, treat failure as data collection, and build a “failure budget” mindset. A Job Without Ownership Sucks I spent 20 years in executive leadership. Led teams of 1,600+ people. Built systems that…