The truth is you’ll always have curious bystanders jeering or cheering depending on the wind of favor. Doubly so when you decide to take a chance on a different path than what your forebears told you to do.

When you work for a company or a boss who values your contributions beyond your presence at the computer screen, you really do end up doing your best work. And way more often.

I remember when the Sunday Scaries used to start on Saturday afternoons. Panicked and desperate for a change, I’d search endlessly for a lucrative side hustle that could be a realistic ticket out of the drudgery I’d have to face Monday morning.