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Lenny Rachitsky: belief

12 Mar 2026 Lenny's Podcast How I built a 1M+ subscriber newsletter and top 10 tech podcast | Lenny Rachitsky

“" I think there's a bit of I'm probably more stressed than it looks like and that I even feel, but I think I'm probably less stressed than the average person.”

— Lenny Rachitsky

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Speaker
Lenny Rachitsky
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Claim type
belief
Recorded
12 Mar 2026
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

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…Yeah. Okay, so speaking of the boulder, you don't seem like a stressed out person and I don't see you as a stressed out person, only like potty training, or baby sleep stuff. I don't see you as a stressed out person. Do you think there's anything behind that? Do you think that's just you? And/or are you just stressed and you don't show it? I think there is an element of I'm more stressed than I come across as and even recognize with myself. I get these headaches sometimes. I'm like, "What is going on there? Is that stress or is that something else? " I think there's a bit of I'm probably more stressed than it looks like and that I even feel, but I think I'm probably less stressed than the average person. I think part of it is genetics, and then part of it is I work on it. I just have learned to adjust the way I think to reduce stress and to not take things seriously. But I think honestly it's probably like 70% genetics. I'm just like, "Eh, it'll be all right. It'll be all right." As you know, something we argue out, but that'll be all right. It's some raw chicken, that'll be fine. It's fine. I know you've done different types of meditation. We've done breathing courses together. Do you have a favorite? Do you-…

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