Ryan Leak

And one of my friends, he told me, because I think it's important that you ask yourself this, because I think it's a nice self-awareness question.

It helps when you verify it with someone else to go, hey, what is it like to be on the other side of me?

And he said to me something the other day that I just thought was so on point.

And he told the story.

He said, you know, sometimes I think about if I ever meet Matt Damon, my biggest fear is that my life would not be interesting enough for him to pay attention.

That's what he said.

He goes, and I wonder if you have that effect on people.

He said, because you do cool stuff.

You meet cool people.

You always have a story.

You always have a travel story.

You've always met someone.

He goes, so sometimes people will come up to you and share a story.

And I wonder if they have somewhat of a meter of going, how interested is he in my story, given that it's not on the level of his.

He's like, so if I were you,

I would just be mindful of what it's like to be on the other side of you.

So when someone comes up to me after an event, like I just shared some stories about Kobe Bryant and the Lakers and NBA team.

Sometimes people will walk up to me and they'll want to tell me their story about how they scored a touchdown in seventh grade.

And for me, because he told me that I have to put myself on the field with them in seventh grade and be on the edge of my seat.

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