Will Packer

I don't care who you are.

My parents, they put me in debate class when I was in.

high school.

And Mick, I hated it because it wasn't cool.

Cool kids weren't doing that.

They were out, they were playing sports, right?

They were playing hooky, whatever they were doing, but they weren't doing debate, right?

I'm so thankful because what my parents did was put me in an environment that forced me to learn how to formulize an argument and defend an argument.

And what you have to understand is that I don't care what your profession is.

I don't care what your desired profession or ambition is.

You will always need to be able to present an argument and defend that argument.

And sometimes you need to be able to present yourself a certain way, tell your story, and you need to be able to defend your story.

We live in a world where people attribute a value to you based on their perception of your value.

And so you don't have to be a Hollywood filmmaker to understand the need and the value of telling your own story.

There is power in telling your own story.

So when you talk about storytelling, I take it very, very seriously.

You don't have to be a content creator, movie producer, writer, director.

You don't have to do any of that.

In order to understand the importance of telling your story, because you're telling other people what value to ascribe to you.

I appreciate that, bro.