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I would say the worst leadership experience I've had,

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and I was talking about this last Saturday with somebody,

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when I was a senior in college,

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I worked for an AI startup and I worked very,

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it was a small team, there was like six of us,

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and I worked directly with the CEO

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and chief operating officer.

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They had experiences like Google, EY,

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like all these great companies.

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And I remember, I just always was so,

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I was just filled with anxiety, like working from them.

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I never had that comfortability of being like,

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oh my God, I might get fired on the spot.

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I feel like I don't have the freedom to make mistakes here.

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And reflecting on that now,

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that impacted my experience

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and the results that I could actually give,

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because I was working out of fear

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instead of working out of like,

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I can make a mistake and not get fired.