Sometimes You Need to Get Your Ass Whipped

Change The Way You Think · Sep 17, 2026 · 10m

Sometimes we all need to get our asses whipped. We need to fall down, fail, get humbled, and realize maybe we don’t know as much as we think we do.

I’ve learned that lesson plenty of times in my life, and I’m learning it again right now.

I’m going through changes in my company that I honestly haven’t wanted to make. I’ve been doing things a certain way for a long time, and I’ve gotten comfortable with it. Now I’ve got somebody pushing me to change, use new technology, do things differently, and quit being so damn hard-headed about it. And I think he’s right.

I’m dealing with it in my personal…