Gemma Spake

I think at this point it's kind of like, well,

I don't know, not that everybody can do it, but so many people are there.

And they don't seem particularly happy.

Some of them don't seem like particularly fulfilled or nice people.

And they don't seem like they have very fulfilling lives.

The version of extraordinary that we're kind of willing to explore...

just like objectively looks more interesting and probably will lead you to experience a lot more that is like quite nourishing.

I also think like our careers, speaking specifically of careers, you know, are not, they're a journey, not a race.

And they're especially not worth being a race if you hate what you're doing the entire time.

And again, what people won't tell you is that people who are stereotypically exceptional, especially early on, that in itself can be its own version of golden handcuffs.

And not just in like the gifted child being pigeonholed way, but in a really complex way.

People who find success early on, it's not all that it's cracked up to be.

They often speak about this lack of flexibility they now have.

They speak about the curse of a reputation, even a good reputation.

They will always be the youngest lawyer.

They will always be the teenage CEO.

They will always be the athlete, the star from that one show that they made when they were 25.

the person who did that one thing once when they were young.

And because they were young, it was significant.

That means that people question them more when they go to try new things.