Every company is built off the people who work there. Full stop.

Yet, we think of the company as a part of our identity, instead of the company's identity being the people. We have to start reframing this thought. The mentality is often, “I can pay my bills because I have a job at Apple'' when it should be “Apple can keep its lights on because of my incredible customer service.” The reason we don’t have this thought is because we know if we quit, get fired, or when we die, they will replace us in an instant and we are not as needed as we hoped. That subtle message communicates to the employee, “You are not valuable. We do not need you. You need us.”

And in that moment, a toxic relationship is created.

What is your body trying to tell you?