Letter To My Younger Self with Zoe Kalar, founder and CEO of WeAre8

Conversations of Inspiration

Holly Tucker MBE

Education, Business, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship, Personal Journals

5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

In this micro episode meet Zoe Kalar, founder and CEO of WeAre8, the social media app that not only has zero tolerance for hate but that also generates millions of pounds shared across charities, creatives and users each and every month in the process.

Tracking across the decades, Zoe’s letter is warm, authentic and full of the sort of advice we’d all love to give to our younger selves if we could just step back in time.

This is your micro shot of inspiration and an episode that brings to life the transformative power of a simple letter.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Trust your gut.
0:01.7	You can reimagine the systems upon which we all live in a way that we all move,
0:06.4	from scarcity, fear and hate to abundance, freedom and love.
0:11.0	And in the process, people around the world will wake up to their amazing power
0:15.1	to change the world together.
0:17.3	Never let anyone tell you it is impossible.
0:25.6	Music Never let anyone tell you it is impossible. Hello, I'm Holly Tucker and welcome to Letters to My Younger Self, a beloved part of conversations of inspiration.
0:34.4	I wanted to bring you poignant moments from the many years of recording this podcast, which has changed my life, drawing on the gracious vulnerability of my guests, where we can absorb what I believe are some of life's biggest learnings.
0:50.3	This micro podcast is brought to you by Royal Mail, a business who understands the power of a simple letter.
0:59.9	Let's step into the world of Zoe Kallar, the remarkable founder of We Are Eight, and you might need your tissues for this one because I know I did.
1:09.5	Zoe's letter is a masterclass in the power of
1:12.4	reflection, the things we hold onto and the things we let go, the different moments and roads
1:18.6	we travel during the different decades of our lives. Zoe reminds us that life, with its
1:24.6	twists and turns, ups and downs, trials and tribulations, makes up the
1:29.8	very essence of who we are. Where would we be without our experiences to draw on? How would we know
1:37.0	what was important to us and then what actually mattered? Authentic, courageous, vulnerable and humble. A woman who wants to change the world
1:47.8	and how we interact with it. And I didn't want my conversation with Zoe to end. Still, I do know that I
1:55.3	will hold onto all of the wisdom in her letter in my heart and I'm so, so grateful that she's in our world.
2:04.2	The funny thing about writing this letter is that I don't often look back, and writing this is a
2:10.1	really tough thing for me to do, and maybe, little Susie, you should look back sometimes, even if
2:16.4	just to look at what your amazing teams are doing
2:18.8	every day and celebrate them. I always strive forward, driven by some invisible force that I know
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