“Don’t ask about ‘what are we going to do if we don’t get a bonus?’ Get the damn $26 million.”
“Spend your time and your effort thinking about the $26 million we need and not thinking about what you’re going to do if we don’t get a bonus. All right? Can I get some commitment for that?”
“I had an old boss who said to me one time, ‘You can visit Pity City but you can’t live there.’ So people: Leave Pity City. Let’s get it done,”
https://www.narcity.com/a-ceo-told-staff-to-leave-pity-city-after-cutting-bonuses-it-backfired-so-fast-on-her