In this episode of Hyperlegible, Packy interviews Cate Hall, CEO of Astera, and discusses her essay ‘Crossing the Cringe Minefield’.
Hall suggests that the thing that makes you cringe is often what you need to work on.
She says that the concept of ‘agency’ which she wrote about in her essay ‘How to be More Agentic’ is closely linked to the idea of overcoming cringe.
She claims that doing the thing that makes you cringe is a fast track to personal growth.
Packy asks Hall to give advice to people who are struggling with their ‘cringe’ issues and she suggests that people first analyse why they feel this emotion before implementing small changes to slowly overcome their fears.
The pair also discuss Hall’s work at Astera, a multi-billion dollar private foundation that works on creating technological and scientific advancements for the public benefit.