Steven

Like a marathon, you're raising money for a charity you care about. It's hard, but you don't quit. And then there's maybe if you're running a marathon for no apparent reason... there was no charity, there was no one watching, there was no fitness benefit, then that's a good, I guess, moment to consider quitting. My story mimics yours in a way that I didn't realise.

I didn't realise you went through a similar thing in terms of parents' disownership. No real great option to flee to, but feeling like the current path that would have led me to be, I don't know, a business management student was significantly worse on balance than... taking the risk. But I think maybe a point of distinction is it didn't... I was so naive that it didn't feel like a risk.

I didn't realise you went through a similar thing in terms of parents' disownership. No real great option to flee to, but feeling like the current path that would have led me to be, I don't know, a business management student was significantly worse on balance than... taking the risk. But I think maybe a point of distinction is it didn't... I was so naive that it didn't feel like a risk.

The first one sounded like it was written by your like amygdala. And the second one was pure like prefrontal cortex. It was all logic. And I'm wondering, you know, as you're going into that decision, obviously fear is going to lead it. So of course you're going to go for option one where you just think about the downside.

The first one sounded like it was written by your like amygdala. And the second one was pure like prefrontal cortex. It was all logic. And I'm wondering, you know, as you're going into that decision, obviously fear is going to lead it. So of course you're going to go for option one where you just think about the downside.

Maybe there's a practice that allows you to get into your prefrontal cortex into logic.

Maybe there's a practice that allows you to get into your prefrontal cortex into logic.

What you also said is that in the face of guaranteed misery, any option is better. Yeah, it's real. You get to live once. So why would guaranteed misery be better than any available option?

What you also said is that in the face of guaranteed misery, any option is better. Yeah, it's real. You get to live once. So why would guaranteed misery be better than any available option?

Amen. When you're thinking about what to pursue, so say you've left the job, you've quit the thing, when you're thinking about what to pursue, how much of that is a decision derived from self-awareness?

Amen. When you're thinking about what to pursue, so say you've left the job, you've quit the thing, when you're thinking about what to pursue, how much of that is a decision derived from self-awareness?

Because, you know, someone will look at you now and be like, oh, no, Alex did this, so I'm going to start a acquisition.com, you know, or they'll say, I saw Steve Jobs did that thing with the computers, I'm going to start Apple. Yeah, right. Or Elon, I'm going to do the spaceships. How much do you have to know thyself to know what to pursue?

Because, you know, someone will look at you now and be like, oh, no, Alex did this, so I'm going to start a acquisition.com, you know, or they'll say, I saw Steve Jobs did that thing with the computers, I'm going to start Apple. Yeah, right. Or Elon, I'm going to do the spaceships. How much do you have to know thyself to know what to pursue?

Ah, okay, yeah.

Ah, okay, yeah.

So if someone walks up to you in the street and they say, Alex, what idea should I pursue? I've just quit my job.

So if someone walks up to you in the street and they say, Alex, what idea should I pursue? I've just quit my job.

And why does that matter, the pain part? What leverage and advantage does it give you for the next five years?

And why does that matter, the pain part? What leverage and advantage does it give you for the next five years?

And that hypothesis will be, for an investor, so much more compelling because you lead with a story as opposed to logic.