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240. Patrick Sweeney on Turning Fear into Fuel During Challenging Times

The ONE Thing

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Do You Have a Fear Reaction in Your Decision Making?

When i was running one of the first cloud companies, we strurkt in 19 99. I raised about 30 million dollars and ventured capital in debt,. And every decision i made was based on fear. After nine 11 happened, we actually ended up getting poised to take a bunch of acquisitions. We did a couple of acquisitions that ended up setting us up for aaa very nice sale but a sale that probably shouldn't have happened. If i had that same level of courage that i have to day in the understanding of our decision making, i would have kept the company. You know, there's a tremendous opportunity rate now. So if you're feeling that fear, then that used to be

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