Shane Parrish

It's like you've got this song on loop in your head and that story is powerful in terms of determining your behavior.

Well, like we have a book launch coming out, right?

October 3rd.

And as we were talking about it, to me, this is fear.

This is, you know, there's a part of me that is, I feel like I'm getting naked in front of a million people and I'm taking off all my clothes and I'm exposed to the judgments and the criticisms and the tomatoes and all of these negative things.

And then there's another story I can tell myself, which is,

You know, I've done research for 15 to 20 years on decision-making and I think I come at it in a unique perspective.

And if I can come at it in a unique perspective in a way that I haven't seen other people come at it, maybe that's helpful for somebody else like me.

And maybe the act of writing that book, which for me was an act of reflection and amalgamation of all of these thoughts over years, can I share that with other people?

Am I willing to

to let the work be enough.

Am I willing to just put the work out there?

I know I've done the work.

I know I've worked hard on this.

I know all of the things that I control I've done.

And am I willing to be vulnerable and put it out in the world?

And I think that that's the life that I want my kids to live.

In a way, they give me strength to do that, right?

Because I know they're watching.

And that gives me a little bit more strength to tell myself a better story.