Richard de Crespigny

People need to be resilient from the time they're born until the time they die.

And so we need to bring up kids that are resilient.

In other words, we need to expose them to the threats or the risks that we were exposed to when we were young that made us great.

I mean, I can say that, but just about everyone listening to this podcast probably didn't let their kids ride to school.

I have a relative that won't let their child walk up some stairs.

They have to go take the lift because they can't risk walking up the stairs.

So if we overprotect our children, if we stop them discovering threats and handling them, if we stop them failing, learning, and adjusting, then they will not be resilient.

And in fact, they become then scared of life.

They become anxious, unsure.

So the fear that you talk about, maybe people having a fear of flying, some people who are not resilient have a fear of life, and that's anxiousness.

It's a lack of confidence.

It's a lack of confidence gives courage to be intrepid and fearless.

You know, this world's full of disruptions and change.

So many disruptions, AI, energy, transport, elements.

Weather, everything.

Politics.

How disruptive is politics at the moment?

So our world is changing.

We must adapt or we'll perish because equilibrium is a precursor to death.

Now, if we have to change and adjust, we have to make decisions.