Bill Gurley
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Like a lot of the books in the category that have done extremely well in career read like a textbook.
Do A, then do B, then do C. But they don't have this kind of spirituality to them that I think โ
can infect the brain a little bit more.
Yeah, so we have eight, nine, or 10, I should know the exact number, but I can't recall right now, of these profiles.
And I alternate them with the principles.
And
I always thought about it like candy and vegetables, you know, or something.
But you get some of both.
It brings the ideas to life.
Yes.
And I think the reason I told that long story was an answer to your question about fear.
I think seeing this many stories and they're all โ by the way, I chose โ
every one of them from a field that your parents would probably tell you not to go into.
I intentionally skipped, you know, investment bankers and- Doctors.
Yeah, all the stuff that everyone knows is- Nice linear progression.
Yes.
I have none of those in there for this reason, because I wanted to help people get past the fear by giving them the motivation and the method to do it.
Years ago, and I don't know when it started.
Actually, it's funny.
I just said I don't know where it started, and then something popped in my brain.