Boss's Journal

오늘 동료와 이야기하다가 나온 주제다. “대표/CEO 명함이 생기면 정말 기분이 좋을 것 같아요. 어떠세요?” 여기에 대한 내 생각이다. 기억해 보니 처음 대표 명함이 생겼을 땐 기분이 좋았다. 비록 매출은 희미하고, 거래처도 직원도 없었지만 뭔가 된 것만 같은 들뜬 기분이었다. 시간이 지나고 진짜 대표가 되었다. 빼도 박도 못하는 사장이다. 주식회사가 되었고, 거래처도 꽤 있으며, 국세청의 레이다망에

나는 가끔 싸움닭이 된다. 한 달에 한 번은 싸우는 것 같다. 주로 의뢰인, 거래처, 협력사다. 이메일로 논쟁을 벌이기도 하지만 전화로 언성을 높일 때도 있다. 직장을 다닐 때엔 거의 싸우지 않았다. 한심한 사람들이 너무 많아서 전의를 상실했다고나 할까. 인생을 포기하고 퇴근과 주말을 낙으로 사는 사람들이 나는 너무 한심했다. 결국 그곳을 박차고 나왔다. 그런데 지금은 싸운다 –

I have had conversations like this with people around me, including a fellow writer and my wife. Can you know in advance whether someone you are dating will be faithful to a family later on or drift away? There is an unmarried man in his twenties. Is there an indicator to judge in advance whether he will be a good father to children after marriage, or if he will be so sick of them that he runs away to an internet cafe? My conclusion is, “It is difficult.” And my... having spent 15 years with you...

The downside of being an entrepreneur is the imbalance in work-life balance. In other words, it means having no leisure time in life because they are doing too much work. Yet, those who dream of becoming entrepreneurs harbor completely absurd fantasies. They say they want to delegate tedious tasks to experts and simply confirm emails while sipping cocktails by a resort pool. When asked what kind of business they want to start, such people say, "If the right item comes along." The fact is, that "right item" never actually appears.

These days, a novice CEO is keenly feeling the difficulties of managing a company. Every day, various incidents occur both inside and outside the company, beyond my reach. Mistakes happen frequently. Sometimes, fatal errors go unresolved. Mistakes are time and energy, money, and survival. Sometimes, the entire team makes a sacrifice to fix a single mistake. A small error can bring a brand to ruin. Yet, those who make mistakes tend to view them lightly.