Will Ahmed

and i you know i have great parents and they loved me considerably and i think that helped with self-esteem you know probably throughout my childhood and growing up which probably in turn when i was starting a company made me more resilient in the face of rejection you believe that you can do things that other people might have had second thoughts about yeah yeah now

and i you know i have great parents and they loved me considerably and i think that helped with self-esteem you know probably throughout my childhood and growing up which probably in turn when i was starting a company made me more resilient in the face of rejection you believe that you can do things that other people might have had second thoughts about yeah yeah now

and i you know i have great parents and they loved me considerably and i think that helped with self-esteem you know probably throughout my childhood and growing up which probably in turn when i was starting a company made me more resilient in the face of rejection you believe that you can do things that other people might have had second thoughts about yeah yeah now

I also had a lot of conviction in what I was building, more conviction in the thing than I had in myself, which is an interesting concept in itself, but... I believed that what I was building should exist in the world and would exist in the world. And what I struggled with for years in building it was, can I do this? Am I capable of this?

I also had a lot of conviction in what I was building, more conviction in the thing than I had in myself, which is an interesting concept in itself, but... I believed that what I was building should exist in the world and would exist in the world. And what I struggled with for years in building it was, can I do this? Am I capable of this?

I also had a lot of conviction in what I was building, more conviction in the thing than I had in myself, which is an interesting concept in itself, but... I believed that what I was building should exist in the world and would exist in the world. And what I struggled with for years in building it was, can I do this? Am I capable of this?

Oh gosh, I feel like I'm under a lot of stress or I feel like I'm under a lot of pressure or I don't know the answers to these things or how do I hire someone or how do I fire someone or how do I raise money? For me, it was dealing with that sort of trauma of building the company.

Oh gosh, I feel like I'm under a lot of stress or I feel like I'm under a lot of pressure or I don't know the answers to these things or how do I hire someone or how do I fire someone or how do I raise money? For me, it was dealing with that sort of trauma of building the company.

Oh gosh, I feel like I'm under a lot of stress or I feel like I'm under a lot of pressure or I don't know the answers to these things or how do I hire someone or how do I fire someone or how do I raise money? For me, it was dealing with that sort of trauma of building the company.

I don't have a lot of self-doubt now. I think that... I think that I've gotten good at questioning why I have conviction in things and then, you know, sort of examining that through other people's perspectives or through my own, you know, sort of deeper examination, if you will.

I don't have a lot of self-doubt now. I think that... I think that I've gotten good at questioning why I have conviction in things and then, you know, sort of examining that through other people's perspectives or through my own, you know, sort of deeper examination, if you will.

I don't have a lot of self-doubt now. I think that... I think that I've gotten good at questioning why I have conviction in things and then, you know, sort of examining that through other people's perspectives or through my own, you know, sort of deeper examination, if you will.

I don't think that you ever stop entirely having self-doubt and you probably shouldn't, you know, because then I think you get a little unhinged, so to speak. But I do think that confidence and self-belief is sort of a prerequisite for doing anything really hard.

I don't think that you ever stop entirely having self-doubt and you probably shouldn't, you know, because then I think you get a little unhinged, so to speak. But I do think that confidence and self-belief is sort of a prerequisite for doing anything really hard.

I don't think that you ever stop entirely having self-doubt and you probably shouldn't, you know, because then I think you get a little unhinged, so to speak. But I do think that confidence and self-belief is sort of a prerequisite for doing anything really hard.

Yeah, that's really well said. I mean, for me in building... Whoop, it was helpful to sort of disassociate building the company and building myself as a CEO or an entrepreneur. And I think for years, I had kind of wrapped those two things up as one. And so if Whoop had a good day, I had a good day. If Whoop had a bad day, I had a bad day. If Whoop was failing, I was failing.

Yeah, that's really well said. I mean, for me in building... Whoop, it was helpful to sort of disassociate building the company and building myself as a CEO or an entrepreneur. And I think for years, I had kind of wrapped those two things up as one. And so if Whoop had a good day, I had a good day. If Whoop had a bad day, I had a bad day. If Whoop was failing, I was failing.

Yeah, that's really well said. I mean, for me in building... Whoop, it was helpful to sort of disassociate building the company and building myself as a CEO or an entrepreneur. And I think for years, I had kind of wrapped those two things up as one. And so if Whoop had a good day, I had a good day. If Whoop had a bad day, I had a bad day. If Whoop was failing, I was failing.

And it's not a particularly productive sort of framing, if you will, for actually growing either yourself or the business. And the reality is that You know, the business could be doing great and you could be spiraling out of control or vice versa. You know, how many businesses suffered during COVID to no fault of their management team. Right.

And it's not a particularly productive sort of framing, if you will, for actually growing either yourself or the business. And the reality is that You know, the business could be doing great and you could be spiraling out of control or vice versa. You know, how many businesses suffered during COVID to no fault of their management team. Right.