Short motivational monologue by Dr. Aziz urging listeners to stop letting others’ judgments dictate their choices and to take responsibility as the ‘captain’ of their own life. The speaker identifies common sources of judgment (colleagues, family, internet trolls) and frames a decision point to choose self-determination.
Who do you let determine your life when you hold back and you're afraid to share because they might judge you, Someone might judge you. A colleague, a co worker, someone on the Internet, a friend of a friend, someone's parents might judge you. You're letting those people determine your life. And the crazy thing about it is you're not going to the wisest counsel possible who's the most intelligent, wise, compassionate, evolved person. And maybe I can let them determine my life for me, which is still probably a bad idea. But you're dredging possibly the bottom right, the people who are sit trolling on the Internet or some angry family member or some person, a colleague who's fear driven and restricted in their own life. That person, because of their judgments is determining your life. It's crazy when you think about it that way, isn't it? Maybe now, right now is the time to decide something else. It's time to decide that you are the captain of your ship and you are going to determine your life now.
