Waverly Deutsch

I think ultimately... The emotional side of you, the intuitive side of you, you know, what Malcolm Gladwell writes about in Blink, is accessing the fact that our brains are firing off billions of neurons. We can't keep up with it at a conscious level, but our gut can, and our gut is telling us things that are important to listen to.

I think ultimately... The emotional side of you, the intuitive side of you, you know, what Malcolm Gladwell writes about in Blink, is accessing the fact that our brains are firing off billions of neurons. We can't keep up with it at a conscious level, but our gut can, and our gut is telling us things that are important to listen to.

That's the thing that drives entrepreneurs is the need, the emotional need to do this business, to see if it will work, to bring this value, to improve the world within. service or an innovation or a technology. I am firmly in the camp of do all the logical analysis and don't do something that is clearly stupid.

That's the thing that drives entrepreneurs is the need, the emotional need to do this business, to see if it will work, to bring this value, to improve the world within. service or an innovation or a technology. I am firmly in the camp of do all the logical analysis and don't do something that is clearly stupid.

But when ultimately faced with that choice, if your gut is telling you, this is where I got to go. And if this gut is, if your gut is telling you this is a bad idea, listen to it.

But when ultimately faced with that choice, if your gut is telling you, this is where I got to go. And if this gut is, if your gut is telling you this is a bad idea, listen to it.

I think you're 100% right that

I think you're 100% right that

our emotions and our heart are influenced by the people around us and in fact there's a lot of evidence that community is one of the primary sources of happiness in life so being able to find a community that supports you and that accepts you is one of the big challenges of people's lives and the way that community views you right being accepted by that community like you said by your peers in

our emotions and our heart are influenced by the people around us and in fact there's a lot of evidence that community is one of the primary sources of happiness in life so being able to find a community that supports you and that accepts you is one of the big challenges of people's lives and the way that community views you right being accepted by that community like you said by your peers in

graduate school or in the career world or, you know, that's an important part of life and happiness. I would argue that it doesn't just affect the heart, that it affects the head, that the very value systems that we're using to appraise things from a so-called logical standpoint standpoint, salary, title, right? Career potential, use of our talents.

graduate school or in the career world or, you know, that's an important part of life and happiness. I would argue that it doesn't just affect the heart, that it affects the head, that the very value systems that we're using to appraise things from a so-called logical standpoint standpoint, salary, title, right? Career potential, use of our talents.

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.