Charles Wells

Founder and CEO at HelloSelf

1 podcast appearance · 4 clips

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Riding Unicorns · Charles Wells

Everyone thinks that means that you've got a really balanced life, and if the opposite's true, you basically have to decide these are the three things that are important to me. So everything else I'm gonna say no to. So I used to be great fun. I used to have an amazing social life, and I used to go out. So, like, I don't drink. I don't go out.

Contrarian take on 'balanced life' with stark personal confession about sacrificing social life. The phrase 'everyone thinks' immediately signals contrarian framing, and the concrete lifestyle changes make it highly relatable.

8:01 - 8:2220s

Riding Unicorns · Charles Wells

Practical Framework

I went from not being able to see to 20/20 vision, took two and a half years. I went from barely being able to walk to running 100 kilometer ultra marathons in about four years. We can do extraordinary things with our brains, but it's quite boring and it's quite slow. You just need to get those small compounding effects.

Powerful personal transformation story with concrete metrics (20/20 vision, 100k ultra marathons) that illustrates the practical philosophy of 1% daily improvement. The contrast between 'extraordinary things' and 'boring and slow' creates compelling tension.

5:37 - 6:3054s

Riding Unicorns · Charles Wells

Origin Story

When I started looking at the brain tech space, I really couldn't find an organization that was obsessed with self betterment, helping people understand themselves and improving themselves. So today, we provide personalized online psychological advice.

Clear founder origin story with identified market gap and solution. The progression from problem identification to business creation is classic entrepreneurial narrative, though somewhat generic in execution.

1:09 - 1:3123s

Riding Unicorns · Charles Wells

Business Mechanics

It could be that humans are extremely important in therapy outcomes, but whether that trust interface and the knowledge need to be in the same head is separate. So it could be that we take the knowledge of therapists, create an AI for therapy, and then we just find people that are really good at creating that trust relationship.

Sophisticated insight into the future of AI-human collaboration in therapy, breaking down the components of therapeutic value. The specific framework of separating 'trust interface' from 'knowledge' is intellectually compelling.

28:30 - 28:5929s

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Riding Unicorns

Charles Wells, Founder & CEO @ HelloSelf

Charles WellsOct 2, 202450 min