David Ko
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first heard Dec 2024
last heard Dec 2024
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You know, whether or not how many people you stack on top of it, what you start to set as your foundation will percolate amongst the entire company. And if you don't do that the right way, and if you're not thought, then you may not get the results that you're happy with, right? And you may create more stressful environments that you just unintentionally didn't think about.
And that's where I really appreciate about when leaders come around, they talk about being more thoughtful in their decision-making process, being more vulnerable, being more open, really thinking about employees' mental health, but then not just talking about it, but then really acting upon it.
And if you can do that a little bit year after year, right, you can really create a special culture. And I think they'll do special things.
To be more present. Mm-hmm. I recognize at times that I've been there, but not really. And so you do so good at this where you're just so present, whether it's one person or hundreds or thousands, I've seen it. I've been in your auditoriums where you've tried and everyone feels your presence and so presence.
Sorry, mom, because she's going to be listening and watching. And my mom, I love my mom. So I'm going to start by that. And she's given me lots of great advice. but this probably was the worst advice she gave me as a child, which was to power through. And it's not about powering through, it's really about powering up. And she didn't know, but mom, I think it was not about powering through.
Question number three, what's your three favorite ways to power up? So I have rituals like you and my rituals in the morning. When I wake up, I don't look at my phone right away. I actually go downstairs. I start the coffee. I open the window and I walk outside and I take three breaths. And it's been something I've been very intentional about doing.
If I'm traveling, I try to open the window, wherever it may be, if you're in an apartment or something. That process starts to center me. The second I do is I do a lot of walking meetings. And so I'm a big fan of trying to break things up that help me recharge. So people give me energy. I would say going outside, breathing, people give me energy.
And then lastly, I think similar to yourself, I love to exercise as well. And I've become a lot better at keeping a steady schedule around it. And even someone said this to me the other day, they said, do something every day. right? And I'm like, great, I'm going to do something every day. And I'm going to be really intentional about it and just keep at it. Some days I'll go to the gym.
Some days I'll do something at home. It'd be really quick, but exercise as well.
I turn everything off, meaning the following. So it won't be just putting my phone and turning it over because I don't think sometimes that's enough. I'll just be like, you know what? I'm kind of done. I wanted to ask you earlier, because I'm curious. If you had a day and you didn't use your phone, social media, what does that day look like for you?
Yeah. That's great.
Kids have to go to gym five days and they know there's physical exercise. And it's just kind of like, it's just understood. Why can't we take some of that time for children to also better understand their own mental health and to teach them about their mental health? Because we know so much of this starts early, just like it started with myself at 14.
If I had that vocabulary at 14, I probably would have developed better kind of healthy behaviors at 14 and did that as I turned into a young adult. So I would love to take a little bit of time. It doesn't have to be all the time.
It could be carve outs, maybe once, twice, three times a week where we educate our children and check up on them, on their mental health or their battery and ask them the question.
And you know them.
And thank you for taking the time, having me here. Thank you for talking about the book. It's... It's something I'm so proud of. I hope people really get something out of it. We talked to a lot of different folks. Like you said, like Randall, who you know as well, and many other folks there, Delilah. And they just talked about so many amazing things.
And I was really touched by talking to each and every one of them. I was honored to hear their stories. And it just made me a better person. It also has helped me in my mental health journey. And I hope it helps some other people as well.
You never asked me how my battery is.
I would tell you my battery is at over 100% because I got to spend time with you. You're too kind. No, no. And I'll tell you... conversations like this just recharge and energize me. I love the fact that we got to sit. I've loved the fact that I got to know you personally and professionally. I'm so grateful for our friendship, your mentorship, your words of wisdom.
I know how many millions of people you affect every day. I mean, over 50 million people at Calm, the entire employee base of Calm, really just, I can't tell you the impact you've made both on us on a personal and professional front. So thank you. I want to ask you, how's your battery? Do you know what?
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