00:57:00 · Molly O'Shea, Parag Agrawal
[00:57:00] S1: Really? [00:57:01] S2: And I was sleeping fine. I think if you know what you must do, you do it. You don't have to feel pressured. Like the world can come at you. But if you know what you're capable of and you have a slightly long term view, like everything is a week or a month. So you don't have to feel pressure. You have to perform every day, which is a completely different thing. So now the core question you have to ask is, there are moments where you must feel pressured to perform. So I really like feeling insecure is my word. Really? Which is I have... I've always told people that I only want jobs, which I wouldn't hire myself for. So I want somehow to feel that someone's thrown me into a challenge that on paper, I'm not supposed to be able to accomplish. One that drives you to be slightly humble. Two it makes you little bit paranoid. It makes you want to learn things and makes you curious and it makes you work really hard and it makes you seek help. If you feel secure in what you are doing, it doesn't drive any of the most important behaviours in my experience. So, pressure is a different word because it suggests that you are trying to meet somebody else's expectations, instead of your own. And I think internal expectations are way way way better drivers of success than external ones. And at least for me, I would say other than my wife, my expectations have always been higher than the world's expectations off of me. Even from like true believers, like who believed in me.
00:59:03 · Molly O'Shea, Parag Agrawal
[00:59:03] S1: What a fascinating turn. I did not expect that. This is like, we, I will say thank you so much for such a fantastic conversation. It was really awesome to learn more about Parallel and then your personal life too. If only we started with this. Your philosophy and like how you think about things is really good. [00:59:25] S2: Yeah, that's fun. [00:59:26] S1: Yeah. Well, you so much, Prague. [00:59:28] S2: Amazing. [00:59:29] S1: Cool. Hey, it's Molly. If you enjoy our interviews, check out our newsletter, sorcery.vc, where we deliver a once a week top deals and tech headlines email, and also go deeper on our podcast interviews. Subscribe to Sorcery today, and don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen. Link in description to sign up.