Stop Quiet Quitting. Start Loud Launching.

Alex Baia
Slackjaw
Published in
2 min readJul 11, 2023
Steve Aoki image from Collision Conf licensed under CC 2.0

There is a virus that has been sweeping the globe.

This virus has surrounded us for the past few years, and while it’s invisible to the naked eye, you can see its devastating effects everywhere.

This virus is stealing our energy, stealing our ambition, and stealing our hustle — even up to our biggest Instagram influencers.

This virus is leaving us helpless, crippling our economy, and making us wonder, “Why should I even bother”?

This virus is even ruining the American dream.

This virus is called… QUIET QUITTING.

Quiet quitting is literally the worst tragedy that can befall a human being, and that includes stuff like kidnapping, murder, and ill-conceived anime cosplay outfits.

Fortunately, there is a stunning alternative to QUIET QUITTING.

This alternative can give your happiness, your hustle, and your prosperity a quantum leap.

It’s called… LOUD LAUNCHING.

LOUD LAUNCHING involves quitting your job and launching your new podcast or startup company with three very specific steps:

  1. Put in your two weeks' notice.
  2. Throw an enormous going away party. Get everyone in your office to attend. Rent a giraffe. Hire fire dancers. Hire the top DJ, Steve Aoki.
  3. At your LOUD LAUNCH party, you must have Steve Aoki fake a stroke. This will help immensely with your new startup or podcast. In fact, this is how your LOUD LAUNCH really gets cooking…

Find out exactly what to do next in this short episode of You But Better.

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Alex Baia contributes to The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, and other publications.

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Alex Baia
Slackjaw

Humor writer, book junkie, stargazer, optimist. Resident philosophy major. Get my humor newsletter: https://alexbaia.com/humor