Alan Waxman

So when I started working at Goldman, I had that in my mind.

Whenever I had kids, I didn't know when.

I wanted to be able to be very present with them.

My idea was, and it goes back to those yellow piece of paper, is that if I build the biggest toolkit possible, if I invest all the time now, prior to when I have kids and a family and a wife, that I will be able to spend maximum time with them.

I had a bunch of motivations.

I was always thinking about my future self, not from a business perspective or career perspective,

but that I could spend more time with my kids.

These kids don't exist, by the way.

So this is just like a future self.

And my idea was it's all about return on time because investing is overwhelming.

You could literally spend... You'll never reach the bottom.

It never ends.

It's like you could spend all day on half a deal.

It never ends.

So...

I need to be able to be the most efficient at return on time, the way I want to be efficient at return on time, know what we like, have the biggest toolkit possible.

And I got to build that toolkit as much as possible.

That's why I started doing my own personal business plans when I was just starting the business.

But it was always with the mindset of my future self so that when I got to that point, I could be a good husband, be a good dad, and be present like my parents were.

I always talk about, think about your future self.