Today I had to fire someone for the first time. As a manager, I know it was the right thing for the company. As a person, it was hard to look into his eyes and tell him that he no longer had a job. It didn't matter that he deserved it. I just kept thinking that this guy now has to go home to his wife and explain that he no longer has a job to help pay for the house they just bought. It was the hardest thing I have had to do in a long time. I felt horrible.