Max Pete is a community builder, writer, speaker, and amateur DJ who has spent over a decade showing up online as himself. He doesn't craft a persona or show up differently depending on the situation or environment — he is the same person in every room he enters.

In this conversation, we dig into how he got there, the ways ego and identity can help us make decisions, and why being yourself is often the scariest option (but for Max, it's the only option).

We get into:

• How his experiences as a kid shape how he shows up with others today
• How to know when it's finally time to let something go, even if it's something that is seemingly doing well and that other's enjoy
• What it means to build community without it being a strategy
• Scarcity vs. trust as decision drivers
• Career growth and thoughts on living for retirement
  

Find Max:

• Substack: Max's Newsletter
• LinkedIn: Max Pete

Thanks for listening to 'Be Cringe'! Find us online:

• Instagram: @becringepod
• Substack: This Might Be Cringe

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Welcome to episode 1 of 'Be Cringe'. In this solo episode, I talk through some of my inspiration for starting this podcast and where we're going in the future.

You can find me online through my Substack, This Might Be Cringe, or Instagram, at @thismightbecringe and @becringepod.

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There is something you want to do — you've just been letting your fear (of embarrassment, of failure, of whatever) get in your way.

Welcome to Be Cringe, the podcast that explores what happens when you start living for yourself and stop worrying about all the other noise. This might be cringe, but we're doing it anyway.

You can find me on Substack or Instagram, and if you know someonw who'd make a great guest you can reach out to me at [email protected].