Law 6: Exit Wounds: Betrayal, Rejection, & An Almighty Blessing

Judgment: Sometimes the most powerful response, is not having one at all…

Introduction

This industry will blindside you. Sometimes fast, sometimes quiet. You’ll be riding high—closing deals, breaking records, making real money—and the next day, your badge won’t scan and your name’s wiped off the org chart.

It’s a gut punch with no explanation.

That’s when the rage hits. The urge to torch it all. Burn the Biotrack database. Name names. Tell the truth, your truth. But the minute you lash out, the second you start venting to anyone who’ll listen—you don’t just lose a job. You lose yourself.

Because now the room will wonder: the moment things don’t go your way, you might burn the whole room down with you.

Transgression of the Law

A young warehouse manager was tasked with relocating 25,000 units of canned infused beverages into a cramped, makeshift vault. The plan? Stack liquid pallets on flimsy, un-anchored racks.

She pushed back.

“If I stack it, it’ll collapse. Someone could get hurt.”

She was right. But a week later, she was fired. No cause—just a manufactured paper trail claiming she was aggressive and unsafe.

Furious, she went scorched earth—contacting OSHA, leaving online reviews, DMing employees, blasting the company on every platform she could.

Six months later? She’s still unemployed. No one wants to deal with someone who brings heat—even if she was right.

She didn’t burn the bridge. She napalmed the entire valley.

Observance of the Law

April 1st, 2022. First day of rec sales in New Mexico. Legacy operators are swamped. Lines around the block. Tension’s high, chaos everywhere.

At one Santa Fe store, sales aren’t coming through. Something’s off. A dispensary coordinator starts digging. Finds the issue—rec licenses weren’t activated in the POS. One flipped switch later and the floodgates open.

He shouts in celebration.The store erupts. But the owner’s wife just stares, disgusted that he fixed it.

A week later, he’s fired. No reason. Just: goodbye.

But he doesn’t lose composure. Doesn’t retaliate. Takes the win, takes the lesson, and keeps moving. Within a year, he’s managing multiple licenses and the store that let him go? Gone.

Interpretation

This business is personal. Too personal sometimes. But when betrayal comes—and it will—your power lies in restraint.

The way you leave tells people how you operate under pressure. Dignity isn’t weakness—it’s your strongest move. Because the people you want to work with long-term? They’re watching how you handle the loss.

Let others play dirty. You play smart. Because no matter how right you are, once you scorch the bridge, you can’t walk back over it—even if they’re the ones who lit the fire.

Keys to Power (How to Use It):

• Vent in private. To trusted people, not in public or on socials. (Not in front of the kids…)

• Keep receipts—but don’t show them. Let your work speak for tself, back up your drives weekly.

• First Impressions. You never get a second chance to make a first impression.

Reversal (When It Might Not Apply):

There are rare cases—abuse, discrimination, serious legal violations—where silence is complicity. Speak truth when it protects others. But even then: control your narrative. The goal isn’t drama. It’s truth.

Margin Notes:

“Sometimes it is better to walk away than not leave at all”

“Stop remembering the trauma, and start remembering what you learned from the trauma”