When I left Google I told my boss that I was going to be writing. I decided I was going to go right and he said,

well the first thing he was like, do you have a book deal? And I was like, no. And that was what gave me the idea to have a book deal.

I was like, well, maybe I should try to get a book deal.

But then the other thing he said was, you know, you can always come back.

And that's kind of when I was like, wait, it's a bigger risk to stay than it is to go.

Because going, I can always come back, staying and being comfortable.

I just knew that I just didn't see myself for the rest of my life designing websites and designing interfaces.

I just didn't see. I knew with writing I could see myself doing this when I'm 80.

I could see myself doing this on my death, but I could see myself writing in a journal as my last

thing that I do. So for me I just had to follow that. Hello friends and

welcome back to the Light Watkins show I'm Light Watkins and I

interview ordinary folks just like you would me who have taken extraordinary leaps of faith in the direction of their path, their purpose,

or what they've identified as their mission in life, and in doing so they've been able to positively

impact and inspire the lives of many other people

who've either heard about their story or who've witnessed them in action or people who've directly

benefited from their work.

And today, I am back in conversation

with one of my favorite humans, Sarah Cooper.

So Sarah and I originally met when she turned up to one of my meditation

trainings in New York City back in the day. We're talking years ago. At the time,

Sarah was working in tech. I believe she was working at Google, and then two years after we met, she published a humorous piece on medium called 10 Tips for Appearing Smart in Meetings, which ended up

going viral and then later on it became her first book.

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