Cameron
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And then there'll be literally, there's like one dude, Sometimes it's a woman, most of the time it's a dude and then straight up, right? And so I- Like a circuit breaker. Exactly. That is what the role I'm trying to play. That is, my friend Sam Hickey has this great line. He says, I find it intoxicating to be there for my tribe. And like, I want that I want that pressure.
I want that responsibility. So if now I know for a fact, like, you know, I got the shit beat out of me when I was a kid, like stomped on, like all kinds of crazy stuff happened. I've never touched my kids. Like my kids grew up unbelievable. Like they're great kids too. And they're way sweeter and nicer. My boy's way sweeter than I was at his age. And that's fine.
I want that responsibility. So if now I know for a fact, like, you know, I got the shit beat out of me when I was a kid, like stomped on, like all kinds of crazy stuff happened. I've never touched my kids. Like my kids grew up unbelievable. Like they're great kids too. And they're way sweeter and nicer. My boy's way sweeter than I was at his age. And that's fine.
I want that responsibility. So if now I know for a fact, like, you know, I got the shit beat out of me when I was a kid, like stomped on, like all kinds of crazy stuff happened. I've never touched my kids. Like my kids grew up unbelievable. Like they're great kids too. And they're way sweeter and nicer. My boy's way sweeter than I was at his age. And that's fine.
So if he grows up in this positive environment, he knows he's loved. He knows me and my wife have a good relationship. He sees that his dad gets out of bed and tries to help other people all day. We can talk about this. One of my favorite maxims from History of Entrepreneurship is that money comes naturally as a result of service. People are like, oh, I'm going to be wealthy. Fine.
So if he grows up in this positive environment, he knows he's loved. He knows me and my wife have a good relationship. He sees that his dad gets out of bed and tries to help other people all day. We can talk about this. One of my favorite maxims from History of Entrepreneurship is that money comes naturally as a result of service. People are like, oh, I'm going to be wealthy. Fine.
So if he grows up in this positive environment, he knows he's loved. He knows me and my wife have a good relationship. He sees that his dad gets out of bed and tries to help other people all day. We can talk about this. One of my favorite maxims from History of Entrepreneurship is that money comes naturally as a result of service. People are like, oh, I'm going to be wealthy. Fine.
Find a problem, solve the problem, and then all you have to do is scale up the amount of people you serve. That's where wealth comes from. So I wake up every day trying to do things for other people. I'd be reading these books anyways, no matter what. But the fact that I sit down and record my thoughts and condense a 40-year career and 40 hours of reading into 45 minutes, that's an act of service.
Find a problem, solve the problem, and then all you have to do is scale up the amount of people you serve. That's where wealth comes from. So I wake up every day trying to do things for other people. I'd be reading these books anyways, no matter what. But the fact that I sit down and record my thoughts and condense a 40-year career and 40 hours of reading into 45 minutes, that's an act of service.
Find a problem, solve the problem, and then all you have to do is scale up the amount of people you serve. That's where wealth comes from. So I wake up every day trying to do things for other people. I'd be reading these books anyways, no matter what. But the fact that I sit down and record my thoughts and condense a 40-year career and 40 hours of reading into 45 minutes, that's an act of service.
So he sees what I do all day. He sees I take this very seriously. And if he says, hey, I want to do that, and he does it from a place of good, then good, that's what I want.
So he sees what I do all day. He sees I take this very seriously. And if he says, hey, I want to do that, and he does it from a place of good, then good, that's what I want.
So he sees what I do all day. He sees I take this very seriously. And if he says, hey, I want to do that, and he does it from a place of good, then good, that's what I want.
Yeah, I think that would be a definition of success. The definition of my success is that my kids grow up happy. There is something, I think what you said, I think you correctly identified the source of this internal drive. And one thing that I think would surprise most people is...
Yeah, I think that would be a definition of success. The definition of my success is that my kids grow up happy. There is something, I think what you said, I think you correctly identified the source of this internal drive. And one thing that I think would surprise most people is...
Yeah, I think that would be a definition of success. The definition of my success is that my kids grow up happy. There is something, I think what you said, I think you correctly identified the source of this internal drive. And one thing that I think would surprise most people is...
There's one, I think people would be surprised that a large source, and I think we'll go back to Francis Ford Coppola because this certainly was the case for him, is like revenge. And it's revenge for being born in an environment like that with a father like his. And so how does it manifest? Oh, revenge is so interesting.
There's one, I think people would be surprised that a large source, and I think we'll go back to Francis Ford Coppola because this certainly was the case for him, is like revenge. And it's revenge for being born in an environment like that with a father like his. And so how does it manifest? Oh, revenge is so interesting.
There's one, I think people would be surprised that a large source, and I think we'll go back to Francis Ford Coppola because this certainly was the case for him, is like revenge. And it's revenge for being born in an environment like that with a father like his. And so how does it manifest? Oh, revenge is so interesting.
It manifests, right, where his dad's like, oh, no, no, I'm the genius of the family. You can't beat him. His fierce work ethic. So it's obvious in the very beginning of Francis Ford Coppola's trying to break into movies, and he's one of the first. At the time in Hollywood, there was no such thing as young directors.