The speaker argues that high personal standards make working for someone else impossible for them. They won't settle for mediocrity or sacrifice relationships with themselves, friends, and family, even though they acknowledge employment works for others.
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I had high enough standards to think that I didn't have a choice. I think a lot of people, their standards are so low, they realize that, wait a minute. I do have a choice for mediocre. There has never been an option for me to ever work for someone again. Like. Like, my standards have gone beyond that because I realize my relationship with myself, my relationship with the people that I care about, my friends, my family, are way too important for me to ever work for someone again. I. And by the way, I'm not. I'm not judging anybody if you work for somebody. What I'm just saying, for me and my situation, that issue wasn't going to work. My standards were high enough for me to actually think I didn't have a choice.