Embracing Compassion for Personal Growth

The journey of personal growth began with the realization of feeling isolated and the need to change. Learning about self-compassion from books like 'Self Compassion' by Kristin Neff and embracing the idea of speaking kindly to oneself while striving for improvement was key. Exploring compassion further, the individual went vegan, attending a compassion retreat focusing on incorporating compassion into daily life. This experience sparked the idea of 'compassionate coding' to introduce compassion into the tech world, culminating in starting a company in 2016 with a lean startup approach.