Bill Gurley
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There's a different case where you're stuck financially, like you need your living hand to mouth.
I have a profile in the book of Jen Atkin, who I don't know if you know, she is probably the most successful hairstylist of all time.
Not only achieved, touched the top rail of that, but then launched beauty products, sold that company.
But
She moved to LA with $300 in her pocket.
And that's not to say anyone can do that, but there are stories of people with near nothing starting on the very bottom rung and finding their way to be successful.
There's this classic meme of starting in the mailroom in Hollywood and David Geffen and
And Barry Diller and all these people started in the mailroom.
It's about as low a rung as you have in that business.
So I think it's possible.
But you may feel stuck financially.
You may feel that you can't get there.
And then the other one, it could be like this perception.
McConaughey had this perception that his father wanted him to be a lawyer.
It's probably just that Matthew had told him he was going to be a lawyer and he was supporting that.
But that weight can be there too.
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There are certain cultures where like being a doctor is considered really โ in Russia, like being an academic was โ so you may feel pressure from your family as this is the thing people in my family do.
And I've seen that.
And I've met people who have that weight upon them.