"The strong give up and move on"

This is a saying that my best male friend has always said to me for YEARS:

"The strong give up and move on. The weak give up and stay."

He has said this to me whenever I have found myself in a no-win situation at work.

I've complained on here about the leadership in my company being really poor.

My most positive thinking self thought that I could make some really strong and positive changes in my workplace, IF I were promoted to a leadership role.

Now I am feeling the opposite:

I am seeing that in fact, the poor leadership stems from the CEO and extends to all other leaders. It's in fact, our CEO who is misleading the company. I had this epiphany over the weekend.

He made some very poor decisions when moving certain people into leadership/mgmt roles when they aren't equipped to handle that role.

These people also maneuvered their way into these roles and manipulated the CEO into thinking they were a good fit, when in fact, they lack the knowledge and the experience level to truly lead us to success. We keep losing important business, and they keep telling us "we don't see the value of your services."

Whose job is it to communicate that value? Our CEO's job and the leadership team.

The CEO also doesn't educate himself on all aspects of the services his company provides; therefore, he believes others' lies about their capacity to lead a service line.

The writing is clearly on the wall:

I must leave my company for another job & give up any ideas or hopes of leadership and/or positive change. I am up against far too many obstacles and battles.

I've also been told that my CEO is known to be a joke within our industry. A former colleague confided in me and told me this.

So, I am trying to recall my best friend's saying and words to me:

"The strong give up and move on. The weak give up and stay."

These words really resonate for me right now and apply so well to my current situation. The company keeps losing employees and important business and the company's funds are dwindling.

I must find another job. So I give up. Now I am going to look full-time and just get the hell out. Onwards and upwards, as one of my former bosses used to always say.

It actually feels good to have come to a definitive conclusion on this debate within myself.