I figured out that people bond with other people better by engaging in &#x27;wasteful activities&#x27;. I figured out the importance of &quot;fitting in&quot;. It is funny but I couldn&#x27;t realize it in the first 24 years of my life. I had never needed to make others happy. At work, I would go about my stuff and didn&#x27;t have to bother about what others thought (as long as my work was being done). In College, I could simply ace exams and didn&#x27;t have to worry about what other people thought about me. People around me have always engaged in things that seemed excessively wasteful to me (going to movies, partying, drinking). And I was happy in my own little world.<p>Things changed when we started a company...a B2B company. We started selling at the beginning of this year and I found myself in a salesman&#x27;s role (lucky me). I couldn&#x27;t say no to meeting people, I couldn&#x27;t say no to events, I couldn&#x27;t say no to going to bars after events, I couldn&#x27;t say no to partying, I had to engage in everything that I thought was wasteful. I was awkward and dumb at times but it helped me bond with people. I kept away from it for far too long, but now I try to force myself to meet people.<p>I know this is nothing new to most of you. But it was revelation for me. In startups, sometimes you have to force yourself to go against your very nature.