Patrick McAndrew
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Well, a practice which has changed a lot of things is I think I used to place too much emphasis on the market. So a lot of the businesses that I built in the past or even the talks that I gave was my observation of what the market needed. In that process, you can feel like you lose yourself because you start just completely adjusting to the needs and the expectations of the market.
Well, a practice which has changed a lot of things is I think I used to place too much emphasis on the market. So a lot of the businesses that I built in the past or even the talks that I gave was my observation of what the market needed. In that process, you can feel like you lose yourself because you start just completely adjusting to the needs and the expectations of the market.
And inherently, you end up losing. That's a fast track to lose your own sense of value and worth. In the last year or year and a half, I've changed that where it's a dance between the two. It's what is alive in me and what I'm seeing and what I want to pursue and what are the needs in the market and how can I find a way to connect the two together.
And inherently, you end up losing. That's a fast track to lose your own sense of value and worth. In the last year or year and a half, I've changed that where it's a dance between the two. It's what is alive in me and what I'm seeing and what I want to pursue and what are the needs in the market and how can I find a way to connect the two together.
So there will be people in that space who will not be ready to receive it. And there will be moments where what I articulate is not clear enough for what the market is looking for. And that creates this constant observation loop of myself and the market. So then becomes the practice of my own observation that I have to engage with.
So there will be people in that space who will not be ready to receive it. And there will be moments where what I articulate is not clear enough for what the market is looking for. And that creates this constant observation loop of myself and the market. So then becomes the practice of my own observation that I have to engage with.
I think it would be to acknowledge uniqueness, not to be afraid of that. And then don't just try and explore that as a little thing on the side. Go right after it. Go right after your appetite. That's what I've done as an adult. And I didn't do that much. I did it as a kid, but I also had this fear of the group and wanting to fit in with everybody else.
I think it would be to acknowledge uniqueness, not to be afraid of that. And then don't just try and explore that as a little thing on the side. Go right after it. Go right after your appetite. That's what I've done as an adult. And I didn't do that much. I did it as a kid, but I also had this fear of the group and wanting to fit in with everybody else.
And I think as a kid, I would have, or if I was to meet that guy, I would have told him, you see things a little bit differently. And sometimes it feels like you don't want to because you want to see it the way everybody else does because it can feel threatening to feel that difference. But go there, just go there and let go of that judgment.
And I think as a kid, I would have, or if I was to meet that guy, I would have told him, you see things a little bit differently. And sometimes it feels like you don't want to because you want to see it the way everybody else does because it can feel threatening to feel that difference. But go there, just go there and let go of that judgment.
Thank you, Adam. It's really been a joy to speak with you. You're a great, great host. Great questions. All the best.
Thank you, Adam. It's really been a joy to speak with you. You're a great, great host. Great questions. All the best.