Sahil Bloom

That's your life raiser.

That's your life raiser.

Then as you have kids and as you're prioritizing family, it may become something more like Mark Randolph's that you leave to have dinner.

Then as you have kids and as you're prioritizing family, it may become something more like Mark Randolph's that you leave to have dinner.

I think a lot about the fact that the stories we tell ourselves about who we are are so important to how we interact with the world.

I think a lot about the fact that the stories we tell ourselves about who we are are so important to how we interact with the world.

And especially those original stories that you tell yourself about the type of person you are,

And especially those original stories that you tell yourself about the type of person you are,

and your capabilities and your competencies, those stories are very hard to break.

and your capabilities and your competencies, those stories are very hard to break.

And so if it is a negative story that you are starting to tell yourself, you will look around the world and you'll find all of the information that confirms that story.

And so if it is a negative story that you are starting to tell yourself, you will look around the world and you'll find all of the information that confirms that story.

And if there's things that refute that story, you won't see it, you'll reject it.

And if there's things that refute that story, you won't see it, you'll reject it.

It's called the narrative fallacy, like humans are storytelling creatures.

It's called the narrative fallacy, like humans are storytelling creatures.

So we look to confirm the stories that we understand.

So we look to confirm the stories that we understand.

I had told myself from a young age, a story that I wasn't smart.

I had told myself from a young age, a story that I wasn't smart.