Do people want you to fail? Do they find you cringe-worthy?

Alexei Sorokin
3 min readJun 12, 2024

The context for this story may appear a little bizarre. Last night, after a hard running workout, I uploaded a reel on Instagram expressing an opinion on the importance of speed training. The exact message doesn’t matter. I’ve been trying to develop my Instagram for my running content, which is not an easy feat for an introvert like me. As much as I like writing, I am not very public. I hate public speaking. I’m very introverted. But I do want to grow my audience across several platforms and chose Instagram as one of them. I have experience growing my…

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Alexei Sorokin

A Russian immigrant in America, father of 4, Cambridge and Harvard Business School alum. I run and write every day. https://runningwritingliving.substack.com/