Lenny Rachitsky: belief

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…100%. At the end of the day, fit is everything. And I say this, again, you guys, all your listeners have to understand. Part of my joy at doing this is there's some level of hypocrisy in it, which is great. You got to have a little bit of that in your life in terms of how I myself behave sometimes. But look, in the end of the day, a well-fitting $20 shirt is way better than a misfitting $500 shirt. And candidly, it's the same thing. It's like if you're a startup founder, you do want to dress to the level of the room, but you kind of shouldn't show up and you shouldn't have a Rolex. It's very classless, if that makes sense, to show up as a startup founder with a Rolex. Again, it goes back to heart rates, trying too hard. You're not going to trick anyone is the upshot. Yeah. This bit of our brand and just expensiveness of the item is such a big one that I think is ... I think people don't realize just it could be a pretty cheap thing that if you get tailored in some small way, it just looks so much better even if it's not the highest quality item. A hundred percent. Again, I would put differently, think about the average person, not every person in the world, but the average person in the world can look at a suit and be like intuitively that seems like it fits the person who doesn't. Most people can have no idea what things cost. And so in some ways, it's this weird thing where it's like if you show up at a super misfitting but very expensive item, you're like, "What signal are you setting?" It's like, well, you're not very aware culturally. You're not matching the room. You're not showing a lot of sensitivity to the situation and what people actually can prioritize. And it's like, are you trying to impress me because you have a fancy outfit? What are we talking about?…

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