So tell me what right now do you want from this situation?

Like, what is it you want different?

What's your goal ultimately here?

So I do want to find a way to fix the relationship with him because the times where, you know, we were having a good trusting relationship and he was taking what I was saying and using it and acting on it.

we worked really, really well.

Then something happened and now he's out to prove something to the world and he's trying to do it alone.

And so that brings upon a tremendous amount of stress and pressure that he's just passing along to me, to the team.

It's not healthy, it's not sustainable.

And if we can't overcome that negative energy, I fear that this team won't exist in three to six months.

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