Nick PerryFounder and CEO of 7 Figure Cartel

Your Biggest Business Liability Isn’t Money — It’s Mediocre Employees

29 Dec 2025 · 0 min

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Short motivational/business advice piece (YouTube video) by Nick Perry arguing that mediocre or underperforming employees (Z/D players) are a greater liability than money. The speaker urges leaders to remove poor performers and hire more A players so star employees aren’t forced to cover slack and ultimately quit.

Don't let your best employees pick up the slack of lazy coworkers. If your A player needs to consistently pick up the slack of Z players, you don't have A team. You have a star player and a bunch of bots. The job of the leader is to get rid of the Z players or D players and bring in more A players to support your star to progress forward. Because if you don't, your A player will end up quitting.