Riley Gaines
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And it's one of the reasons why high-level athletes make great leaders because they have the ability to discern what's real and what's not real because they've had to deal with it with themselves.
Whereas a lot of people just don't.
And so they just find other people online that can affirm their feelings.
And then I developed a new neo pronoun.
And they're like, oh, you're amazing.
They get fucking cat ears on Twitch all day.
We're like, this is the future.
And I find that to be very true.
There's, I think, an Ernst & Young study that showed, I think, 94% of female executives, so C-level executives, so like a CEO, CMO, whatever, 94% of those women were female athletes, which is to your point.
It's because they understand leadership.
They understand having a sense of self that's bigger than yourself.
Like it's these people who haven't played sports or really haven't been involved in anything other than like their weird activism.
Like they don't understand what being on a team and working together towards a goal, a tangible, real goal is like.
And that's why they're all selfish and narcissistic and entitled and little babies.
What's a much more difficult path?
And most people aren't going to be willing to do it.
They're not going to have the willpower.