True believers believe that you're going to learn from your mistakes. What we found was that not everybody in our company had true faith. I don't blame them. I don't hold it against them. On the other hand, we found that most people did have true faith.
Layoffs are the ties that bind.
In a way, the emotional bond you have with someone you lay off is even stronger than the bond you have with the people you keep. But the people you laid off have made a sacrifice that saved the company. You'll always be indebted to them for that. Find your focus. When the market was funding grander and more expansive business plans, it experienced the equivalent of 1,000 companies wanting to create automobiles.