Steven

If you want this, then this is how you get it. The world has really changed, especially in the last couple of years post-pandemic, and much of our communication now takes place on video calls, Zoom, Google Hangouts, this kind of thing. How do the rules that you've said and you've talked about today apply or not apply to when I'm doing my Zoom meetings? Yeah.

All of your vocal foundations disappear. So what do I need to be thinking about to be effective? I want to be the most effective person on my Zoom calls. Because I do worry sometimes. I do worry because I have big investment meetings and stuff with startups or founders that I'm in the process of trying to do a deal with. And I think, God, if we do this on Zoom, it might not be so good.

All of your vocal foundations disappear. So what do I need to be thinking about to be effective? I want to be the most effective person on my Zoom calls. Because I do worry sometimes. I do worry because I have big investment meetings and stuff with startups or founders that I'm in the process of trying to do a deal with. And I think, God, if we do this on Zoom, it might not be so good.

I might come across worse. I feel like I'll come across better in person. So I often move the meeting to in person. And then sometimes it's not always convenient, right? It's never convenient because you've got to drive somewhere and fly somewhere. So I'd rather be effective on Zoom. Nothing will replace this.

I might come across worse. I feel like I'll come across better in person. So I often move the meeting to in person. And then sometimes it's not always convenient, right? It's never convenient because you've got to drive somewhere and fly somewhere. So I'd rather be effective on Zoom. Nothing will replace this.

Okay, so there's a light behind you. Yes. There's one on the side here. Yes. And there's one in the front. Is that what you mean?

Okay, so there's a light behind you. Yes. There's one on the side here. Yes. And there's one in the front. Is that what you mean?

Okay.

Okay.

So much of this is about identity, isn't it? It is. We're like, so many of us, including me, we're trapped in our identity, like who we think we are. Do you know what one of the really remarkable things that always reminds me how like BS, our communication style and our identity by way of this is, is just different accents.

So much of this is about identity, isn't it? It is. We're like, so many of us, including me, we're trapped in our identity, like who we think we are. Do you know what one of the really remarkable things that always reminds me how like BS, our communication style and our identity by way of this is, is just different accents.

Yes.

Yes.

The fact that someone can live in an area and they can be Scouse or they can live in another area and they sound completely different, like they're from New York or something. It just goes to show that we're just... Like, it's so contagious and easy to blend in with one's environment.

The fact that someone can live in an area and they can be Scouse or they can live in another area and they sound completely different, like they're from New York or something. It just goes to show that we're just... Like, it's so contagious and easy to blend in with one's environment.

There are some accents that, experience more discrimination than other accents. They did a study in 2006. It was a survey of the Chartered Institute of Personal and Development found that 76% of employers admitted to discriminating against candidates based solely on their accent. We judge a book by its cover, don't we?

There are some accents that, experience more discrimination than other accents. They did a study in 2006. It was a survey of the Chartered Institute of Personal and Development found that 76% of employers admitted to discriminating against candidates based solely on their accent. We judge a book by its cover, don't we?

Yeah, I mean, when you told me that your English was your third language, I couldn't believe that. Because there's no remnants. There's usually a remnants of the language you spoke before. There's like no evidence of it. Because this has become the primary language that I speak the majority of the time now.

Yeah, I mean, when you told me that your English was your third language, I couldn't believe that. Because there's no remnants. There's usually a remnants of the language you spoke before. There's like no evidence of it. Because this has become the primary language that I speak the majority of the time now.

But even so, my mother, she spoke in, I guess she's Nigerian, so she spoke Nigerian for her childhood, moved to the UK when she was, I think, late teen years, so maybe early 20s. But there's always been the remnants of Nigerian and she's almost 60 now. So that's 40 years. Is that just because she hasn't tried to? Well, I think it's linked to identity.