Steven
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Can you care too much? I don't think so. Sounds stressful, though, caring that much. I thought in your book you talk about – Don't talk about my book. I'm not disagreeing. I'm just playing devil's advocate.
No, no, no. It's a good point. Something I was going to ask you about is the stress of being you and do you have techniques to manage that stress, especially running a public company? I just think it's psychotic.
No, no, no. It's a good point. Something I was going to ask you about is the stress of being you and do you have techniques to manage that stress, especially running a public company? I just think it's psychotic.
Do you celebrate? Do you get really happy when you have professional moments where, I don't know, you launch a new feature and it's well-received? Do you get really happy?
Do you celebrate? Do you get really happy when you have professional moments where, I don't know, you launch a new feature and it's well-received? Do you get really happy?
I wonder if there's an element of defense to this, because I was speaking to a lot of founders recently and they were telling me how they've over time and with maturity, they almost just developed this calm within all the chaos where they're not moved up or down.
I wonder if there's an element of defense to this, because I was speaking to a lot of founders recently and they were telling me how they've over time and with maturity, they almost just developed this calm within all the chaos where they're not moved up or down.
And some of them make the case to me that if you are moved up by something that happens externally, it's impossible, therefore, not to be moved down when something bad happens externally. So founders developed this almost like coldness to them.
And some of them make the case to me that if you are moved up by something that happens externally, it's impossible, therefore, not to be moved down when something bad happens externally. So founders developed this almost like coldness to them.
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Especially as being a younger CEO, I think that's probably even more important than it is for other people to be able to have that self-awareness and humility to say, I don't know all the answers because you started this company at bloody what, like 21 years old, 22 years old. So you've never done running a public company before.