00:00Do they check with you first to see if you are actually retired? If you are retired,
00:04why are you retired? No, no one checked. And it was kind of a surprise for me, honestly,
00:09because I don't really keep tabs on things like that. I'm pretty busy doing what I do every day.
00:14And it's honestly being semi-retired, whatever, has been rather busy. So no, they did not check.
00:20Why am I retired? Quite frankly, I don't think what I do in my skill set is sought after anymore.
00:25I think when I was first coming up as a manager in early 2000s, what I did and how I
00:30did it was
00:31kind of on the cutting edge of where they wanted to go, they being front offices. And then it gets
00:36to the point, I believe, where I'm actually not so desirable because I have strong opinions. So I
00:41think that really is honestly what gets in the way. And I'm not here to lament that. I'm not
00:45crying at all. I've had a great run and everybody's been wonderful and I'm very grateful. But I just
00:53say require, but on a daily basis, what I can bring and what I've been nurtured to bring
00:58is not nearly sought after meaning, experience, feel, intuition, things like that, and really
01:04a strong opinion on subjects. So I think today's world, they prefer somebody, for lack of better
01:09word or phrase, more controllable than maybe they perceive that I am. Although I believe I'm
01:15played well in the sandbox as well as anybody. So anyway, I just think it comes down to where we're
01:20at right now, what is being sought after. And I don't think I necessarily have those qualities.
