Ranjay Gulati
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There's a gender bias here.
So we create a very antagonistic denial relationship with fear.
I think fear has to be our friend.
I got to like, okay, fear, I feel it.
I feel it.
I'm okay with being scared.
But we don't see that in modern day media.
We look at the heroic characters we read about and see.
We never hear about them being scared.
Mahatma Gandhi, you know, amazing individuals.
Before he started his political career, he was a lawyer in London.
He was terrified of public speaking.
When he went for his first case in front of a judge, he froze.
He couldn't speak.
He just couldn't speak.
The judge threw him out, admonished him, threw him out, told his client, go find another lawyer.
So it made me realize that people find ways to resource themselves, to take on things that are the most terrifying things.
And I think if they can do it, there's hope for us.
Maybe we can learn something from that.
Great catch.