When you have a $20 million payroll and the financial crisis sees some of your biggest clients suffer, your revenues stumble and your response is to put new money into your company and not take any out for three years (including a salary),  then and only then, can you talk about weathering the storm.

That money was my nest egg too.  At that point I was into it to my neck, waiting out the end of the crisis, hoping I had done the right thing.

Btw...the money went back in as a subordinated loan .  So low in the capital structure to make the tax work and to keep on side with lenders....but, I don't expect you to understand any of this because you are not an accountant.