I’m turning over many decades of sweat equity to those of you who will take this firm into the future. I trust you - my friends, colleagues and those I’ve been blessed to lead during my career I trust you to do your best to lead as you were once led… to maintain a sincere focus on client branch and associate centricity. I have a heavy heart today - and have for months You have been handed a cr-p storm to survive and thrive through- And I thank you in advance for all you have and will continue to dedicate to the firm. My LP earnings thank you too. I accepted VSP and will be here for a few months. Whatever the firm expects of me - I know my primary focus will be on being present for my friends and peers. I’m a senior level leader today, however my current role doesn’t exist in the reimagined Jones. I have given so much to the firm - and it’s given so much to me It’s time for me to move on but it still feels surreal I had anticipated retiring from here in the years to come But I now get to reimagine my future - as PP would say “I exercised my agency” to say I’m ‘done’ (along with a few other four letter words) I’d rather get to reimagine my future for myself than continue to be subject to the Russian roulette career development that I have experienced the past several years
My heart and prayers are with all of you tonight I know we are all hurting And yes my prayers are with PP too - no matter how I feel about what’s occurring , she is human too.
In case anyone else needs this tonight —— I am listening to music and the new Mercy Me song just came on “Trust the One” Helped lighten my heart a little. Regardless of your faith - if you listen to the song and think of your personal higher power , maybe it will help this evening
Standing in the midst of tears, grief , fear, sadness for others and a glimmer of hope that more is to come for us all - those of us moving on and those of you left to do the heavy lifting. Life is bigger than EJ Prayers for all of us