Bill Gurley

Like it's on their resume.

They talk about it all the time.

Like there's almost this church of Danny Meyer, like for everyone that rolled through it.

That's got to be, that's got to just feel amazing.

What is it about his demeanor or culture or ethos?

The book talks about this kind of understated sensibility to his book, to hospitality.

Yeah.

Um, like, like just trying to read the room on each and every customer and really understand, you know, what they're, what they're trying to optimize and to help them do that as much as possible.

But his, his journey is about more than that.

That's what his book's about.

His journey is about being hyper curious and, and an excessive learner.

Like every single step along the way, including today, he's still doing it.

You know, last time I talked to him, he just got back from Europe.

He had taken all his chefs on a tour of Europe together.

um, jotting notes, taking learning, like just constant learning.

That's so cool.

Which I think is, is, is it's also, that's the second principle in my book is continuous learning, but it ties in with the first one.

The best test as to whether you found your passion is, does the learning feel like free?

Like, would you do it instead of watching a TV show?

Like, is it, is it something you enjoy so much that continuous learning is just you, um,