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#111 Founder and CEO Whoop, Will Ahmed: Unlocking Optimal Human Performance

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How to Overcome the Doubt in Whoop Development

I had a really high level of conviction that what I wanted to build was right The piece where a lot of doubt crept in was whether or not it was possible That's an existential risk like a true existential risk and you know in hindsight Maybe this is crazy, but like I knew that what I was building was right. If you even look back on it the paper I wrote in 2011 Was titled the feedback tool measuring intensity recovery and sleep 10 11 years later still the three main things that we show you in a whoop app or strain recovery and sleep. When everyone else tells you dude, you're kind of crazy. You must start to feel a little crazy every once in a while Do you

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