Cyan Banister

I really feel like it's the right thing to do. And this is my calling. So answering a call to adventure against your parents could be a form of adversity. Maybe you went to the military and you were deployed and you had to overcome what you saw. That's also interesting. Maybe you were in Parkland and you were at the shooting. And you overcame that adversity.

I really feel like it's the right thing to do. And this is my calling. So answering a call to adventure against your parents could be a form of adversity. Maybe you went to the military and you were deployed and you had to overcome what you saw. That's also interesting. Maybe you were in Parkland and you were at the shooting. And you overcame that adversity.

We have founders who are coming out of those. And I just really think it's remarkable when they come out of one of these experiences with a fresh set of eyes and a new perspective on the world, and most importantly, hope. They're just like, yeah, I had it rough, or I overcame this challenge, but... I'm so excited about living. I'm so excited about innovating.

We have founders who are coming out of those. And I just really think it's remarkable when they come out of one of these experiences with a fresh set of eyes and a new perspective on the world, and most importantly, hope. They're just like, yeah, I had it rough, or I overcame this challenge, but... I'm so excited about living. I'm so excited about innovating.

And I look for those founders and I want to help them and I want to be by their side. Because when you build a company, you're going to be faced with so many amazing challenges. And if you can't overcome them all, if you can't move past them, if you can't put your ego aside and do what's right for the company and always arrive at the best answer, then you probably won't succeed.

And I look for those founders and I want to help them and I want to be by their side. Because when you build a company, you're going to be faced with so many amazing challenges. And if you can't overcome them all, if you can't move past them, if you can't put your ego aside and do what's right for the company and always arrive at the best answer, then you probably won't succeed.

I've been thinking about this a lot as I've been writing. And I really honestly think that when you're faced with the question of survival, that was literally my question. I was turned out onto the street when I was 15 years old. I didn't have a job. You have to ask yourself, do you hunker down and just say, this is it for me?

I've been thinking about this a lot as I've been writing. And I really honestly think that when you're faced with the question of survival, that was literally my question. I was turned out onto the street when I was 15 years old. I didn't have a job. You have to ask yourself, do you hunker down and just say, this is it for me?

Or do you say, I've got to turn over all the stones and see where the opportunities are. I've got to figure this out. I have to have hope. I have to have faith that something's going to work. And so I chose to have faith and hope route every time. And it always worked out. It always did. And I think that had I gone the other direction and just said, there's no hope, there's no future.

Or do you say, I've got to turn over all the stones and see where the opportunities are. I've got to figure this out. I have to have hope. I have to have faith that something's going to work. And so I chose to have faith and hope route every time. And it always worked out. It always did. And I think that had I gone the other direction and just said, there's no hope, there's no future.

I can't do this. The cards are stacked against me. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I can't do this. The cards are stacked against me. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Yeah, I was in that moment. So I became a ward of the state and they removed me from my mother's house. And they told me I had 24 hours to find a home. And I didn't have a home. I didn't know where to get a home. They told me that if I didn't find a home in 24 hours, they were going to put me in a group home. I'd been in those group homes. And I knew that that's not where I wanted to end up.

Yeah, I was in that moment. So I became a ward of the state and they removed me from my mother's house. And they told me I had 24 hours to find a home. And I didn't have a home. I didn't know where to get a home. They told me that if I didn't find a home in 24 hours, they were going to put me in a group home. I'd been in those group homes. And I knew that that's not where I wanted to end up.

And so I just said, I looked up at the sky and I said, please universe help me. And I got an answer, which was, I knew one adult and I walked over to her house and I said, can I live with you? And she said, sure. Very easily in that moment, I could have just sat there and succumbed to sorrow, to suffering, to all of it. And because it worked out, I just kept doing it.

And so I just said, I looked up at the sky and I said, please universe help me. And I got an answer, which was, I knew one adult and I walked over to her house and I said, can I live with you? And she said, sure. Very easily in that moment, I could have just sat there and succumbed to sorrow, to suffering, to all of it. And because it worked out, I just kept doing it.

It was one of those things where I was just like, you know what? I had a stroke five years ago and same thing. I looked at it with curiosity. I looked at it with wonder. And got through my stroke. I lost my ability to walk, my ability to see. If you look at everything with curiosity and wonder and love and hope, you can overcome a lot of things.

It was one of those things where I was just like, you know what? I had a stroke five years ago and same thing. I looked at it with curiosity. I looked at it with wonder. And got through my stroke. I lost my ability to walk, my ability to see. If you look at everything with curiosity and wonder and love and hope, you can overcome a lot of things.

And I think that's what people don't realize is that it takes a lot of bravery to be optimistic. It's easy to be pessimistic. It's easy to say that things won't work. It's easy to say, I'm not going to do that because then you don't have to muster up the willpower.

And I think that's what people don't realize is that it takes a lot of bravery to be optimistic. It's easy to be pessimistic. It's easy to say that things won't work. It's easy to say, I'm not going to do that because then you don't have to muster up the willpower.