Mike Carruthers

I have an example of like extreme churn that happened to me when I was young.

When I was 12 years old, my family moved from the United States.

to the UK and we lived in a small town in the middle of England, Leamington Spa, and went to the local school there.

And I walked into that school literally not knowing a soul.

It was the scariest thing I've ever done.

And I still think about it.

But it didn't take very long before I felt accepted as part of the group.

And the churn disappeared for the most part.

I mean, I still always felt a little different because, you know, my accent or their accent is different than my accent.

But mostly I just felt part of the group eventually.

You know what I find interesting about this is the churn that you're talking about, I wonder if in a lot of cases it's in your head, but it isn't real.

And here's an example.

If you're someone who's never been to the gym, you're out of shape, but you've decided to start going and you go to a gym that's full of people who are beautiful, in shape people, you're going to think I'm very different.

They're judging me differently.

And my sense is, as somebody who goes to a gym pretty regularly, people aren't thinking that at all.

They're not judging you because you're out of shape.

They're probably more into what they look like than what you look like in the first place.

And if they think anything about you, they're probably thinking, good for you.

I mean, that's great.

I'm glad you're here.