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Cameron

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Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

Because this goes back to the public praises people for what they practice in private. They say, look, Sam, you built a $200 billion fucking fortune. Look at all the stuff you did. They don't see all the stuff that happened. What he realized is like, hey, now I can fly my own plane. So this, what was a problem, was problems are just opportunities and workflows.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

I thought me losing my first store was a problem. It wouldn't have been the best opportunity in my life. It taught me one, that I can run more than one store at a time. And then two, I accidentally discovered, oh, I can now fly. I learned how to fly. And so the advantage he had over his competitors, where I can fly over, they're in jets. My competitors in Kmart, they're in jets, right?

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

I thought me losing my first store was a problem. It wouldn't have been the best opportunity in my life. It taught me one, that I can run more than one store at a time. And then two, I accidentally discovered, oh, I can now fly. I learned how to fly. And so the advantage he had over his competitors, where I can fly over, they're in jets. My competitors in Kmart, they're in jets, right?

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

I thought me losing my first store was a problem. It wouldn't have been the best opportunity in my life. It taught me one, that I can run more than one store at a time. And then two, I accidentally discovered, oh, I can now fly. I learned how to fly. And so the advantage he had over his competitors, where I can fly over, they're in jets. My competitors in Kmart, they're in jets, right?

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

They're above the clouds. I'm in a little tiny Cessna. I can see traffic patterns. I can see, and he was scouting out, I think he scouted out personally the first like 300 stores that he was doing. And so the idea where it's like, yeah, we can see that he's one of the richest people in the world when he was older. We can see that he has 300 stores and he's got all this other stuff.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

They're above the clouds. I'm in a little tiny Cessna. I can see traffic patterns. I can see, and he was scouting out, I think he scouted out personally the first like 300 stores that he was doing. And so the idea where it's like, yeah, we can see that he's one of the richest people in the world when he was older. We can see that he has 300 stores and he's got all this other stuff.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

They're above the clouds. I'm in a little tiny Cessna. I can see traffic patterns. I can see, and he was scouting out, I think he scouted out personally the first like 300 stores that he was doing. And so the idea where it's like, yeah, we can see that he's one of the richest people in the world when he was older. We can see that he has 300 stores and he's got all this other stuff.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

But it's like you didn't see all the practice that went in there. There's another story that illustrates the public praises people for what they practice in private. He had no relationships with suppliers. So at the time, the hula hoop was like a huge craze. All the kids wanted hula hoops all over America. The suppliers didn't know him, so they wouldn't buy, they wouldn't sell hula hoops to him.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

But it's like you didn't see all the practice that went in there. There's another story that illustrates the public praises people for what they practice in private. He had no relationships with suppliers. So at the time, the hula hoop was like a huge craze. All the kids wanted hula hoops all over America. The suppliers didn't know him, so they wouldn't buy, they wouldn't sell hula hoops to him.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

But it's like you didn't see all the practice that went in there. There's another story that illustrates the public praises people for what they practice in private. He had no relationships with suppliers. So at the time, the hula hoop was like a huge craze. All the kids wanted hula hoops all over America. The suppliers didn't know him, so they wouldn't buy, they wouldn't sell hula hoops to him.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

So he just looked, he's like, what's a hula hoop? Well, that's a problem, right? What's a hula hoop? He's like, it's just a little pipe that's connected and it's colored and you just wiggle your hips. And that's like what the toy is. He's like, okay. He bought the material. And at the end of the night, after he worked all day, he's like, I'm going to make my own hula hoops.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

So he just looked, he's like, what's a hula hoop? Well, that's a problem, right? What's a hula hoop? He's like, it's just a little pipe that's connected and it's colored and you just wiggle your hips. And that's like what the toy is. He's like, okay. He bought the material. And at the end of the night, after he worked all day, he's like, I'm going to make my own hula hoops.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

So he just looked, he's like, what's a hula hoop? Well, that's a problem, right? What's a hula hoop? He's like, it's just a little pipe that's connected and it's colored and you just wiggle your hips. And that's like what the toy is. He's like, okay. He bought the material. And at the end of the night, after he worked all day, he's like, I'm going to make my own hula hoops.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

He winds up doing thousands of these. And then because he didn't have any money, he's like, how now he had multiple stores. How do I get the hula hoop to other stores? He had a john boat, which is like a little tiny boat because he's like a redneck fisherman. And he just put all the hula hoops in behind the john boat and he towed behind his car. And that was his delivery system.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

He winds up doing thousands of these. And then because he didn't have any money, he's like, how now he had multiple stores. How do I get the hula hoop to other stores? He had a john boat, which is like a little tiny boat because he's like a redneck fisherman. And he just put all the hula hoops in behind the john boat and he towed behind his car. And that was his delivery system.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

He winds up doing thousands of these. And then because he didn't have any money, he's like, how now he had multiple stores. How do I get the hula hoop to other stores? He had a john boat, which is like a little tiny boat because he's like a redneck fisherman. And he just put all the hula hoops in behind the john boat and he towed behind his car. And that was his delivery system.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

So in every single story, you're going to see like, it seems like there's no possible way these giant companies can start with these little basic improvisations, like just feeling your way through. And then you're slowly practicing. You're like, oh, that idea worked. Let me do more of that. Oh, that idea didn't work. Let me avoid doing that in the future.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

So in every single story, you're going to see like, it seems like there's no possible way these giant companies can start with these little basic improvisations, like just feeling your way through. And then you're slowly practicing. You're like, oh, that idea worked. Let me do more of that. Oh, that idea didn't work. Let me avoid doing that in the future.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

So in every single story, you're going to see like, it seems like there's no possible way these giant companies can start with these little basic improvisations, like just feeling your way through. And then you're slowly practicing. You're like, oh, that idea worked. Let me do more of that. Oh, that idea didn't work. Let me avoid doing that in the future.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

And it's just over and over and over again. And it just compounds. So the public praises people for what they practice in private.