On Monday Redfin laid off 20% of its employees. I watched friends walk out the front door of our office.

I was humbled.

I talked to 3 or 4 of the people who were laid off. There was no bitterness - no hatred - but grace. They helped their successor with their newly acquired transaction. They called clients to let them know that it was a pleasure to work with them, but they had to transfer their transaction to someone else. They acted with the utmost class….

Few people would have acted this way. On Monday I was devastated - but on Monday, it became clear to me the Redfin would succeed -not necessarily because of the people still at the company (who are amazing in their own right), but because of those who departed from the company.

To those who have left - tomorrow will be lonely without you.

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“When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters–one represents danger, and the other represents opportunity.” ~ JFK