Bill Burnett
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Because I know a friend who's really close friends with Alice Waters, and she could probably get me in as the waiter.
So my first night as a waiter is in front of Alice Waters and Chez Panisse.
That is not a prototype.
That's a performance.
So cut yourself some slack.
And I'm likely to fail.
So make it easy.
Make it small where almost nothing is at stake, of which there are plenty of opportunities.
Give yourself a break.
Make it interesting.
Make it fun.
Cut it down small.
Don't shoot too high.
Coming out of a talk, a 54-year-old woman has asked me about, you know, am I crazy to go to medical school?
And I said, look, let's just run the numbers really quickly.
Okay.
Based on the DNA of the gene pool you were born into, what's the likelihood of when you're going to die?
She kind of goes, I'm probably going to make it to my late 80s, early 90s.
I go, great.
Let's say I make it healthy to 85, 88.