Ryan Blair

Yeah, I have a technique that I utilize where I look for love in every meeting. Oh, I love that. So if I'm thinking to myself, this is going to be work, right? This is going to be hard or this is going to be a long day. I go, okay, I have 16 opportunities to find love today in these meetings. I have 16 opportunities to connect to a human being. Today's not going to be a hard day.

Yeah, I have a technique that I utilize where I look for love in every meeting. Oh, I love that. So if I'm thinking to myself, this is going to be work, right? This is going to be hard or this is going to be a long day. I go, okay, I have 16 opportunities to find love today in these meetings. I have 16 opportunities to connect to a human being. Today's not going to be a hard day.

Today's going to be a day that tests my endurance. So I'm turning it around every moment to try to optimize for happiness and to optimize to have fun as I'm working. And so that's the technique that I've utilized as opposed to saying, it's going to be rough. I got to talk to 10 people today that have this. I say, oh no, I have an opportunity to find love in 10 meetings today.

Today's going to be a day that tests my endurance. So I'm turning it around every moment to try to optimize for happiness and to optimize to have fun as I'm working. And so that's the technique that I've utilized as opposed to saying, it's going to be rough. I got to talk to 10 people today that have this. I say, oh no, I have an opportunity to find love in 10 meetings today.

Today's going to be a day that tests my endurance. So I'm turning it around every moment to try to optimize for happiness and to optimize to have fun as I'm working. And so that's the technique that I've utilized as opposed to saying, it's going to be rough. I got to talk to 10 people today that have this. I say, oh no, I have an opportunity to find love in 10 meetings today.

And I'm on a scavenger hunt in each of those meetings to find it, right? Yeah. Yeah, I try to look at everything as I get to do it.

And I'm on a scavenger hunt in each of those meetings to find it, right? Yeah. Yeah, I try to look at everything as I get to do it.

And I'm on a scavenger hunt in each of those meetings to find it, right? Yeah. Yeah, I try to look at everything as I get to do it.

That's beautiful. I'm going to use it. I also have had lots of friends go. And I pay tribute to my mentors that are no longer with us, Tony Hsieh being one of them, John Wooden, the UCLA-famed coach. So I'm often thinking about the shoulders that I stand upon and the great ones that have poured into me that are no longer with us and dear friends as well. So I love that.

That's beautiful. I'm going to use it. I also have had lots of friends go. And I pay tribute to my mentors that are no longer with us, Tony Hsieh being one of them, John Wooden, the UCLA-famed coach. So I'm often thinking about the shoulders that I stand upon and the great ones that have poured into me that are no longer with us and dear friends as well. So I love that.

That's beautiful. I'm going to use it. I also have had lots of friends go. And I pay tribute to my mentors that are no longer with us, Tony Hsieh being one of them, John Wooden, the UCLA-famed coach. So I'm often thinking about the shoulders that I stand upon and the great ones that have poured into me that are no longer with us and dear friends as well. So I love that.

I think I'm going to get something engraved in their honor. I love that. Best practice. Yeah. Dude.

I think I'm going to get something engraved in their honor. I love that. Best practice. Yeah. Dude.

I think I'm going to get something engraved in their honor. I love that. Best practice. Yeah. Dude.

Either answer is fair. Yeah. You know, in retrospect, I was an imposter. I just didn't know it.

Either answer is fair. Yeah. You know, in retrospect, I was an imposter. I just didn't know it.

Either answer is fair. Yeah. You know, in retrospect, I was an imposter. I just didn't know it.

Yeah. And so looking back, like that guy that showed up to that room to raise money from VCs, I'm like, I can't believe he did that. Yeah. You know, but I didn't walk in, you know, it was a mission. But I think because I was a fighter and I was, you know, I was a tough kid growing up. I had a thought in my head that I could beat these guys in pretty much every sport.

Yeah. And so looking back, like that guy that showed up to that room to raise money from VCs, I'm like, I can't believe he did that. Yeah. You know, but I didn't walk in, you know, it was a mission. But I think because I was a fighter and I was, you know, I was a tough kid growing up. I had a thought in my head that I could beat these guys in pretty much every sport.

Yeah. And so looking back, like that guy that showed up to that room to raise money from VCs, I'm like, I can't believe he did that. Yeah. You know, but I didn't walk in, you know, it was a mission. But I think because I was a fighter and I was, you know, I was a tough kid growing up. I had a thought in my head that I could beat these guys in pretty much every sport.