David Senra
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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I kind of hadn't found anything to do yet.
I wasn't that good at anything.
And I was searching, I was always searching for like, what the hell should I do?
What the hell's the point of all this?
And I found this passage in the Upanishads, which as a book is probably the most important book to me.
And the Upanishads is this collection of stories from many thousands of years ago that were passed down orally through generations and then eventually written down.
And I remember getting stuck on this one passage that literally felt like someone hit me in the face with a hammer.
And there's a line in this passage that basically says something like, those who feed the hungry protect me, those who don't are consumed by me.
And it just felt like there was a moment of understanding that happened in my head.
But up until that point from middle of teenage, I was this nice, sweet boy.
And then I got kind of hardened and went through a period of life that was tough.
And it woke me up that the whole point of this is to help other people.
That's it.
That's the entire point of this existence.
And from that point forward, that's been my worldview.
And so I think it's interesting that like that's probably the thing that most informed my worldview.
And then the answer to this question that I love to ask is predominantly someone bet on me.
And like I told you before, the thing I love more than anything is like seeing the potential in somebody before everyone else and then helping the world see what I see.
Like if I can do one thing over and over and over again the rest of my life, it would be audition people to see if there's something that I see that no one else sees.
And then help foster that and show everyone else what I think I see in a way that can be impactful in that person's life, which is what you described with our experience together.