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Bill Gurley

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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Modern Wisdom
#1071 - Bill Gurley - If You Hate Your Job, This is How to Start Over

And then the other one, it could be like this perception.

Modern Wisdom
#1071 - Bill Gurley - If You Hate Your Job, This is How to Start Over

McConaughey had this perception that his father wanted him to be a lawyer.

Modern Wisdom
#1071 - Bill Gurley - If You Hate Your Job, This is How to Start Over

It's probably just that Matthew had told him he was going to be a lawyer and he was supporting that.

Modern Wisdom
#1071 - Bill Gurley - If You Hate Your Job, This is How to Start Over

But that weight can be there too.

Modern Wisdom
#1071 - Bill Gurley - If You Hate Your Job, This is How to Start Over

Like you may feel โ€“ I think there are certain โ€“

Modern Wisdom
#1071 - Bill Gurley - If You Hate Your Job, This is How to Start Over

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.

Modern Wisdom
#1071 - Bill Gurley - If You Hate Your Job, This is How to Start Over

And I've seen that.

Modern Wisdom
#1071 - Bill Gurley - If You Hate Your Job, This is How to Start Over

And I've met people who have that weight upon them.

Modern Wisdom
#1071 - Bill Gurley - If You Hate Your Job, This is How to Start Over

Those are all kind of things that could restrict this movement.

Modern Wisdom
#1071 - Bill Gurley - If You Hate Your Job, This is How to Start Over

If you allow me to give you a little history of how or why I would say I spent six years turning the โ€“

Modern Wisdom
#1071 - Bill Gurley - If You Hate Your Job, This is How to Start Over

the original presentation into a book.

Modern Wisdom
#1071 - Bill Gurley - If You Hate Your Job, This is How to Start Over

And I had this thing I really wanted to achieve, which was to embed as much stories and narrative into it as possible.

Modern Wisdom
#1071 - Bill Gurley - If You Hate Your Job, This is How to Start Over

And I was listening, I know you've had Morgan Housel on.

Modern Wisdom
#1071 - Bill Gurley - If You Hate Your Job, This is How to Start Over

He's the absolute GOAT.

Modern Wisdom
#1071 - Bill Gurley - If You Hate Your Job, This is How to Start Over

And he was on a podcast called Why We Write, talking about the power of narrative.

Modern Wisdom
#1071 - Bill Gurley - If You Hate Your Job, This is How to Start Over

And so the book is divided.

Modern Wisdom
#1071 - Bill Gurley - If You Hate Your Job, This is How to Start Over

It's structured unlike most books.

Modern Wisdom
#1071 - Bill Gurley - If You Hate Your Job, This is How to Start Over

It's divided into two parts, but they interleave.

Modern Wisdom
#1071 - Bill Gurley - If You Hate Your Job, This is How to Start Over

And so every other chapter is a Atlantic-size article about someone that started on the bottom rung with intention and made it to the top.

Modern Wisdom
#1071 - Bill Gurley - If You Hate Your Job, This is How to Start Over

And the reason I wanted to include those is precisely for the reason Morgan talks about, which is I think these things stick in your brain more.