[He picked up the phone and began to make calls, aware that his firing would ripple far beyond his desk. Pottruck's assistant of 15 years, Colleen Bagan-McGill, was driving through San Francisco with her husband and kids at the start of a long-awaited vacation when her cell phone rang.] How are you doing, honey? ... I need to tell you something. I got fired this morning. David Pottruck
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![[He picked up the phone and began to make calls, aware that his firing would ripple far beyond his desk. Pottruck's assistant of 15 years, Colleen Bagan-McGill, was driving through San Francisco with her husband and kids at the start of a long-awaited vacation when her cell phone rang.] How are you doing, honey? ... I need to tell you something. I got fired this morning. - David Pottruck Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=W0hlIHBpY2tlZCB1cCB0aGUgcGhvbmUgYW5kIGJlZ2FuIHRvIG1ha2UgY2FsbHMsIGF3YXJlIHRoYXQgaGlzIGZpcmluZyB3b3VsZCByaXBwbGUgZmFyIGJleW9uZCBoaXMgZGVzay4gUG90dHJ1Y2sncyBhc3Npc3RhbnQgb2YgMTUgeWVhcnMsIENvbGxlZW4gQmFnYW4tTWNHaWxsLCB3YXMgZHJpdmluZyB0aHJvdWdoIFNhbiBGcmFuY2lzY28gd2l0aCBoZXIgaHVzYmFuZCBhbmQga2lkcyBhdCB0aGUgc3RhcnQgb2YgYSBsb25nLWF3YWl0ZWQgdmFjYXRpb24gd2hlbiBoZXIgY2VsbCBwaG9uZSByYW5nLl0gSG93IGFyZSB5b3UgZG9pbmcsIGhvbmV5PyAuLi4gSSBuZWVkIHRvIHRlbGwgeW91IHNvbWV0aGluZy4gSSBnb3QgZmlyZWQgdGhpcyBtb3JuaW5nLiA=&author=ICBEYXZpZCBQb3R0cnVjayAgICA=&num=8 "[He picked up the phone and began to make calls, aware that his firing would ripple far beyond his desk. Pottruck's assistant of 15 years, Colleen Bagan-McGill, was driving through San Francisco with her husband and kids at the start of a long-awaited vacation when her cell phone rang.] How are you doing, honey? ... I need to tell you something. I got fired this morning. - David Pottruck Quotes")
![[Just before the meeting got started, Andy Grove, the gruff chairman of Intel's board at the time, pulled Pottruck aside.] 'When you got promoted to CEO,' ... 'did that make you a better man?' I said no. He said, 'Well then, do you think the fact that you're no longer CEO of Schwab means you're not a better man?' I said, 'No, I don't think so.' He said, 'You're as good a man as you were last week. Hold your head high.' It helped me a lot. - David Pottruck Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBEYXZpZCBQb3R0cnVjayAgICA=&num=1 "[Just before the meeting got started, Andy Grove, the gruff chairman of Intel's board at the time, pulled Pottruck aside.] 'When you got promoted to CEO,' ... 'did that make you a better man?' I said no. He said, 'Well then, do you think the fact that you're no longer CEO of Schwab means you're not a better man?' I said, 'No, I don't think so.' He said, 'You're as good a man as you were last week. Hold your head high.' It helped me a lot. - David Pottruck Quotes")
