Steven

There's so many things of interest there.

I remember, if we go back to the top of your point around your environment and people having a huge impact on your life, I remember reading a study by a guy called Michael Hausman and another study done at Harvard University where they showed that even if at work you sit next to someone who is toxic and does bad practice at work, your chance of doing bad practice yourself radically increases.

I remember, if we go back to the top of your point around your environment and people having a huge impact on your life, I remember reading a study by a guy called Michael Hausman and another study done at Harvard University where they showed that even if at work you sit next to someone who is toxic and does bad practice at work, your chance of doing bad practice yourself radically increases.

And in some cases that's by 25% and in other environments that's up to 100%. Your probability of then getting a

And in some cases that's by 25% and in other environments that's up to 100%. Your probability of then getting a

disciplinary against you just because you sat next to that person radically increases and this is I think reinforces the case that your environment is has such a powerful and profound impact on you for better or for worse and I think the for better part is also worth pausing on because if you're sitting with and you're around people that are lifting you and elevating you and making you believe that the world is malleable and you can do anything as I've experienced in my own life at times it's crazy that that almost like rewires the neurons in your brain to some degree

disciplinary against you just because you sat next to that person radically increases and this is I think reinforces the case that your environment is has such a powerful and profound impact on you for better or for worse and I think the for better part is also worth pausing on because if you're sitting with and you're around people that are lifting you and elevating you and making you believe that the world is malleable and you can do anything as I've experienced in my own life at times it's crazy that that almost like rewires the neurons in your brain to some degree

Do you know what? This is a really interesting question. Vibes. And everything else in my life, I'll tell you data science or this or here's my framework. But there's some things in life which I think your intuition and your vibes, if you've developed the skill of tuning in enough, is the best indicator.

Do you know what? This is a really interesting question. Vibes. And everything else in my life, I'll tell you data science or this or here's my framework. But there's some things in life which I think your intuition and your vibes, if you've developed the skill of tuning in enough, is the best indicator.

And if you look back through my career at 18, dropping out of university, even at 16, not going to school, 2020, At 20, leaving a business that was going really well. And then at 27, quitting a business that was all over the world and about to do this major second IPO, all this stuff. In all of those moments, the most important thing wasn't my prefrontal cortex.

And if you look back through my career at 18, dropping out of university, even at 16, not going to school, 2020, At 20, leaving a business that was going really well. And then at 27, quitting a business that was all over the world and about to do this major second IPO, all this stuff. In all of those moments, the most important thing wasn't my prefrontal cortex.

It wasn't logic or facts or figures or the money. It was purely this feeling inside me that I no longer wanted to do this thing because it didn't feel good anymore. And in the moment, you look insane. But when you zoom out on a person's life who's driven by that voice inside, like really driven by it, you go, oh my God, what a life that they have. Amazing.

It wasn't logic or facts or figures or the money. It was purely this feeling inside me that I no longer wanted to do this thing because it didn't feel good anymore. And in the moment, you look insane. But when you zoom out on a person's life who's driven by that voice inside, like really driven by it, you go, oh my God, what a life that they have. Amazing.

Look at the girlfriend they have and the place they live and the stuff they have and the job they have. They're so lucky. But I actually think it starts with that like courage to tune into that voice inside. So that's my answer. It's just pure vibes. People for me just don't feel good, don't want to go. And then careers I've had is a year where I go, I don't like doing this anymore.

Look at the girlfriend they have and the place they live and the stuff they have and the job they have. They're so lucky. But I actually think it starts with that like courage to tune into that voice inside. So that's my answer. It's just pure vibes. People for me just don't feel good, don't want to go. And then careers I've had is a year where I go, I don't like doing this anymore.

That's me done. And there's another part, which is on the other end of that is uncertainty. Because in all those situations, there was really no plan B. There was no good plan B.

That's me done. And there's another part, which is on the other end of that is uncertainty. Because in all those situations, there was really no plan B. There was no good plan B.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Because of what other people might say about me. Because how I will look. to the world, and from there, from that conclusion, you then jump to, and then they will reject me, and then I'll be alone, and then I'll be lonely, then I'll die. That's kind of like the logical downward step. I always find that interesting.