Hej… it is William. Grab a cup of coffee and sit down with me for a second, because we really need to talk about something that happens to absolutely all of us.
Let us rewind back to around 2014. I was living in Brazil, and we were right in the middle of some intensely heated political debates… specifically about the recent election results and Dilma Rousseff staying in power.
I was having lunch at work with some friends, and I remember that exact conversation so vividly. Not because of the actual arguments we made, but because of a quiet, personal decision I made right after it ended.
Everyone at the table was passionately sharing what the election meant to them, and the opinions were incredibly strong.
Growing up, I came from a family that always discussed politics in a very direct, unfiltered way. I loved reading about politics and economics… and all that reading really helped me shape what I firmly thought was right or wrong in the world.
But something always bothered me deep down about these kinds of talks. The predictable path they always seemed to take.
They were never really conversations… they were just intellectual battles to prove a point, with absolutely zero real curiosity from anyone involved.