Will Ahmed

right and so being able to go down to a to a one or a two for some period of time actually opened me up in a in a really healthy way in the months later and in a way that i never would have anticipated from having this terrible thing happen in my life and uh and so you know some of it's a little bit of just how you reframe everything but i have found that

in whatever category of your life that you're feeling some kind of enormous pain, there is something on the other side of it that you'll benefit from.

in whatever category of your life that you're feeling some kind of enormous pain, there is something on the other side of it that you'll benefit from.

in whatever category of your life that you're feeling some kind of enormous pain, there is something on the other side of it that you'll benefit from.

Well, your first reaction is to try to go numb because that is a coping mechanism. If you don't feel the pain, you can kind of still get through the day. And you have to process the emotion. You have to feel it. And so I think in the first 10 days of it, I was sort of white knuckling through it. And especially kind of day to day in running the company.

Well, your first reaction is to try to go numb because that is a coping mechanism. If you don't feel the pain, you can kind of still get through the day. And you have to process the emotion. You have to feel it. And so I think in the first 10 days of it, I was sort of white knuckling through it. And especially kind of day to day in running the company.

Well, your first reaction is to try to go numb because that is a coping mechanism. If you don't feel the pain, you can kind of still get through the day. And you have to process the emotion. You have to feel it. And so I think in the first 10 days of it, I was sort of white knuckling through it. And especially kind of day to day in running the company.

Now, fortunately, the company is also at a stage where I've got, you know, an executive team that's pretty functional and they knew what I was going through. It wasn't like it was a secret. And then at least in this specific case for me, I... I delivered the, uh, the eulogy.

Now, fortunately, the company is also at a stage where I've got, you know, an executive team that's pretty functional and they knew what I was going through. It wasn't like it was a secret. And then at least in this specific case for me, I... I delivered the, uh, the eulogy.

Now, fortunately, the company is also at a stage where I've got, you know, an executive team that's pretty functional and they knew what I was going through. It wasn't like it was a secret. And then at least in this specific case for me, I... I delivered the, uh, the eulogy.

Um, and it was, I mean, he was a very popular young man and it was in front of 800 or a thousand people in this massive church. And, uh, and so that, and that was one of the hardest things I've ever done in my life was having to talk about his life. Um, and you know, someone I loved and cared about and, uh, And just a whole wave of emotions went through me doing that.

Um, and it was, I mean, he was a very popular young man and it was in front of 800 or a thousand people in this massive church. And, uh, and so that, and that was one of the hardest things I've ever done in my life was having to talk about his life. Um, and you know, someone I loved and cared about and, uh, And just a whole wave of emotions went through me doing that.

Um, and it was, I mean, he was a very popular young man and it was in front of 800 or a thousand people in this massive church. And, uh, and so that, and that was one of the hardest things I've ever done in my life was having to talk about his life. Um, and you know, someone I loved and cared about and, uh, And just a whole wave of emotions went through me doing that.

And so that, one, I felt enormous relief from doing it. And then, two, in the aftermath of it, I was proud of being able to celebrate his life. And so there was sort of a weight that was taken off from that experience. And then, of course, you deal with these other stages of grief, which is around like I would play squash with them every week.

And so that, one, I felt enormous relief from doing it. And then, two, in the aftermath of it, I was proud of being able to celebrate his life. And so there was sort of a weight that was taken off from that experience. And then, of course, you deal with these other stages of grief, which is around like I would play squash with them every week.

And so that, one, I felt enormous relief from doing it. And then, two, in the aftermath of it, I was proud of being able to celebrate his life. And so there was sort of a weight that was taken off from that experience. And then, of course, you deal with these other stages of grief, which is around like I would play squash with them every week.

And so now every time I go to the squash courts, I think about them. Or I go to the steam room and I would sit with them. So you have these different stages of grief. But I think in those first 30 days, the best thing that I could have done was to go through that huge wave of painful release of emotion.

And so now every time I go to the squash courts, I think about them. Or I go to the steam room and I would sit with them. So you have these different stages of grief. But I think in those first 30 days, the best thing that I could have done was to go through that huge wave of painful release of emotion.

And so now every time I go to the squash courts, I think about them. Or I go to the steam room and I would sit with them. So you have these different stages of grief. But I think in those first 30 days, the best thing that I could have done was to go through that huge wave of painful release of emotion.

Yeah.