Tom Hardin
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I made the decision on my own to cross that line.
I didn't ask any clarifying questions.
Can we do this or not?
And so I realized...
And the way I equate this in my head and people I'm sure will disagree.
I'm like, my whole life I've broken laws.
Like I speed in college.
I did Napster.
Like, I know it's not the same thing, but it's like, well, I know it's illegal, but I'm just doing it a little bit.
So that rationalization is really spiraling.
So longer story short, a few weeks later, the stock has halted before the market opens, which means news is coming.
And then word for word, exactly what she told me.
So at first I'm like, maybe it's a rumor.
Maybe something happened.
The stock is up 30%.
And I hate to say it, like I didn't freak out.
I got an adrenaline spike in me, like uncontrollable subconscious adrenaline.
Like now I'm part of this illicit in-group.
And I think for me, why did I do it?
Looking back, I'm like, I was very not secure in myself in my 20s.