Every boss leader I know has thought about quitting.
Not the job, but the caring.
Because caring hurts.
It means staying late to fix someone else’s mistake.
It means absorbing stress that was never yours to begin with.
It means showing grace to people who sometimes don’t deserve it.
You tell yourself to stop.
To focus on the deliverables.
To treat work like a transaction, not a calling.
And for a while, that works.
You become efficient. Focused. Detached.
You stop caring...
and strangely, it feels peaceful.
But it also feels empty.
Because no matter how tired you get, something in you still believes that how you lead matters as much as what you deliver
So you care again.
Even when it drains you.
Even when it feels one-sided.
Not because they always deserve it,
but because you do.
Because caring is part of your DNA as a leader.
And you refuse to let exhaustion rewrite who you are.
Maybe that’s the real mark of leadership:
not the title, not the targets,
but the choice to keep caring even when it hurts.
Do it even if your "boss" is not being a "leader."
Do it even if you don't have a role model to look up to.
Do it even if they are not your "real family."
Don’t stop being good only because those around you sucks.
Even if you have the choice not to.
Even if they don't deserve it.
Care. Touch lives.