Dr. Wayne Pernell explains why we need perspective from others to improve. He couldn't fix his spike-ball serve without watching video footage of himself, and his high school restaurant business plan, the Sizzling Ninja, only took shape through mentorship and peer feedback.
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But it's like, if I have, I've been blessed to connect with some pretty high level people. And one of the things I've realized that is a fundamental human need is the need for other people to provide you with perspective. Like, I'm a. I'm a spike ball player. If you don't know what that is, it's like a newer game. It's kind of like a trampoline thing. It's like I can't get better at my serve unless I actually watch a videotape of myself doing it. So it's like what you said about perspective of like, yes, you have the ability to take control and give yourself a different perspective, but also surrounding yourself with people that can see you and call you out on the things that you said before and create an environment. So I. That kind of just came full circle. But to tell the other story about somebody that showed up in my life. So I knew I wanted to be entrepreneurial, and I had this opportunity. There was this high school club called deca, and I got to compete with this entrepreneurship business plan. And so I grew up where my dad owned a restaurant. And so the only thing I knew was to come up with a business plan for a restaurant. So I came up with this brilliant idea. Everyone hold your breath. It was called the Sizzling Ninja.