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Growing up in Europe, I just see the media pushing a lot on, hey, the big corporations, they're kicking out so many people. They do the layoff and then remembering myself.

That was early 2000 I was made redundant from the first company I ever started, which was horrifying for me at that time because I didn't have the mindset you just explained. I was just, this is the job I will retire in, because that's what my granddad did and that's how it was in Germany at that time.

But in hindsight, I have to say, it was the best thing that ever happened. I wouldn't be here recording a podcast today if I wouldn't have had that opportunity. And then bringing me on a completely different journey over time and living in different countries and having a lot of fun on the way. 

Yeah. I believe, and I've always believed stuff happens for a reason.

And you can either look at whether you have a fixed or a growth mindset. I've always had a growth mindset from when I was a kid. I always look at everything as an opportunity rather than as a threat. That's the way our brains communicate to us. And seeing the glass half full. There's a great statement one door closes, another one opens. But if the door doesn't open, just make a new door . If you think about that rather than having that myopic view of it's only just this. Then you can expand out into areas just like you've done that might not have been experienced because you got into your father's, your grandfather's process, which I think we were all taught, right?

It's like, you know, you go, you find a good company and they keep you forever and you retire and you get a gold watch and everybody's happy.