I often facilitate sessions at Manchester Metropolitan University’s Business School. A reflection I wrote for all the students after a two day startup bootcamp back in June 2022:

I saw incredible gifts in every single one of you.

Try not to overthink this stuff. You know far more than you think you do.

School has trained it into us that we need permission—we need a teacher to approve something—before we can go and do it. The more you can get over that—get out of your own way—do what feels right—learn—adjust—just keep swimming—I genuinely think every one of you is capable of remarkable things.

Figure out what really matters to you and keep doing that without trying to figure out whether it’s the “right” or optimal next move, and you can only ever win.