Waverly Deutsch

All of those are based on societal judgment factors that are all driven by society, peer, upbringing, community. So I 100% agree with you on the incredible importance of other people. Humans are a social animal. I might disagree with you on that it hits the heart and not the head. I think it defines a lot of both.

All of those are based on societal judgment factors that are all driven by society, peer, upbringing, community. So I 100% agree with you on the incredible importance of other people. Humans are a social animal. I might disagree with you on that it hits the heart and not the head. I think it defines a lot of both.

That being said, for me, one of the things that I think gave me the kind of resilience that I've had in my career and my life is the fact that I grew up in a fundamentalist Christian household. And I had to separate from my community, the community that I grew up with, the people that I grew up with.

That being said, for me, one of the things that I think gave me the kind of resilience that I've had in my career and my life is the fact that I grew up in a fundamentalist Christian household. And I had to separate from my community, the community that I grew up with, the people that I grew up with.

I had to accept myself as nonconforming with what I had been taught as a kid was right, normal, appropriate, normal. In fact, made into a life or death decision. And by doing that, by having as a very young person, a young teen and a teen, having to give up community, give up, even give up family for a while, it made me more resistant to... heavy influenced by outside community forces.

I had to accept myself as nonconforming with what I had been taught as a kid was right, normal, appropriate, normal. In fact, made into a life or death decision. And by doing that, by having as a very young person, a young teen and a teen, having to give up community, give up, even give up family for a while, it made me more resistant to... heavy influenced by outside community forces.

It made me more able to listen to myself, my own values, my ethics system, my moral system. and be less judgmental about things like my career.

It made me more able to listen to myself, my own values, my ethics system, my moral system. and be less judgmental about things like my career.

To be able to leave a career in which I was experiencing some success and make a huge change where I had to go back to the beginning again, not something that was supported by my graduate school friends, the people who knew me as an academic and as a thought leader in a particular field. And I think that

To be able to leave a career in which I was experiencing some success and make a huge change where I had to go back to the beginning again, not something that was supported by my graduate school friends, the people who knew me as an academic and as a thought leader in a particular field. And I think that

Having to lose a community and having to rebuild the community gave me a sense of not a complete inoculation to what other people think about what I'm doing, but much less strength in that particular pressure on me and my life.

Having to lose a community and having to rebuild the community gave me a sense of not a complete inoculation to what other people think about what I'm doing, but much less strength in that particular pressure on me and my life.

Awesome. I think that... The best pitches talk a little bit about momentum and traction and a little bit about the reason for the existence of the business. As a wise heart advisor, I am an operating partner with OCA Ventures, a venture capitalist in Chicago. I'm an advisor to Pace Healthcare Ventures, a venture capitalist in Chicago.

Awesome. I think that... The best pitches talk a little bit about momentum and traction and a little bit about the reason for the existence of the business. As a wise heart advisor, I am an operating partner with OCA Ventures, a venture capitalist in Chicago. I'm an advisor to Pace Healthcare Ventures, a venture capitalist in Chicago.

I'm working with anywhere from half a dozen to a dozen entrepreneurs actively in the everything from building their business strategies and processes to raising money. That's what I'm doing with Wiseheart. Wiseheart was started not because I wanted to build a scalable company and sell it for $100 million. Wiseheart was started because I was retiring.

I'm working with anywhere from half a dozen to a dozen entrepreneurs actively in the everything from building their business strategies and processes to raising money. That's what I'm doing with Wiseheart. Wiseheart was started not because I wanted to build a scalable company and sell it for $100 million. Wiseheart was started because I was retiring.

And what that means to me, what retirement means to me is that you no longer have to work in order to cover your basic necessities, to keep your benefits, to have a steady paycheck, but the work you do because you want to do it. And some of that work might be remunerated, paid for, and some of that work might be volunteer, and some of it might be purely recreational.

And what that means to me, what retirement means to me is that you no longer have to work in order to cover your basic necessities, to keep your benefits, to have a steady paycheck, but the work you do because you want to do it. And some of that work might be remunerated, paid for, and some of that work might be volunteer, and some of it might be purely recreational.

And your job in retirement is to figure out the balance that you're looking for across those three dimensions. So that's my definition of retirement. I knew I was going to continue to support entrepreneurs. I knew I was going to continue to work with venture capitalists. I'm passionate about that work. I love it. Highly personally rewarding.

And your job in retirement is to figure out the balance that you're looking for across those three dimensions. So that's my definition of retirement. I knew I was going to continue to support entrepreneurs. I knew I was going to continue to work with venture capitalists. I'm passionate about that work. I love it. Highly personally rewarding.