Dr. Alex George

It's the unknown, unknown.

So it's the stuff that you don't know about right now that might change your life.

But you don't know that you don't know about it.

You know, it's often when you go into business, it's not the problems that you're thinking about.

Oh, I've got to think because I know in two years I've got to pay, you know, I've got to think about a year and a half, I've got to pay tax, whatever it is.

It's the stuff, the letter you get through the post, the thing that you should have known at the start that you don't know about that's bitten you in the backside that's the problem.

But you didn't know to know about it.

And so I think that's the beauty is like, I'm going through a process, um, like learning about ticks, for example, like ticking all my life, but finding out that I've got vocal ticks.

Um, I think like actually, for example, the social stuff I would have said three months ago, no, no, no, I'm really good in social situations.

I'm always good with people, but through this assessment process, I've actually realized that actually, um,

I've been tricked many times by people.

I've been in situations where I shouldn't have trusted people and did, and vice versa.

I've actually had friction with people throughout my life.

I've often tried to present a version of myself.

I've often struggled to create deeper friendships.

And this is something I had no realization about.

What can I do with that?

I can start questioning, what kind of friendships do I want?

What do I value?

What if I, rather than present what people want and I present who I am, maybe I'll create deeper connections with people who love me or like me for who I am.