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Cameron

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

He goes, you could put them in a forest and they would just run around all day, chopping trees down with an ax. Like they have to do something. And to take away their ability to be productive, to be useful using your term is torture. It is, it takes away their purpose. It takes, and in many cases, like you'll find like, oh, they stop working.

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

He goes, you could put them in a forest and they would just run around all day, chopping trees down with an ax. Like they have to do something. And to take away their ability to be productive, to be useful using your term is torture. It is, it takes away their purpose. It takes, and in many cases, like you'll find like, oh, they stop working.

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

He goes, you could put them in a forest and they would just run around all day, chopping trees down with an ax. Like they have to do something. And to take away their ability to be productive, to be useful using your term is torture. It is, it takes away their purpose. It takes, and in many cases, like you'll find like, oh, they stop working.

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

And then all of a sudden this young or not young, this, you know, virile, healthy, overall healthy older person is dead. How did that happen? And so I think the point is like, this is the way I would describe this that I think is really important. And this is the maxim that I took away from the two-hour conversation I had with Sam Zell is go for freedom.

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

And then all of a sudden this young or not young, this, you know, virile, healthy, overall healthy older person is dead. How did that happen? And so I think the point is like, this is the way I would describe this that I think is really important. And this is the maxim that I took away from the two-hour conversation I had with Sam Zell is go for freedom.

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

And then all of a sudden this young or not young, this, you know, virile, healthy, overall healthy older person is dead. How did that happen? And so I think the point is like, this is the way I would describe this that I think is really important. And this is the maxim that I took away from the two-hour conversation I had with Sam Zell is go for freedom.

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

And essentially what he told me, he's like, listen, I know all the rich guys. He's like, they're all miserable. He's like, they make the mistake of like buying, spending more time doing shit they don't like to buy slightly more nicer versions of the same shit. That's his word, himself. That's what he said, right? He also did something that's hilarious. He's like-

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

And essentially what he told me, he's like, listen, I know all the rich guys. He's like, they're all miserable. He's like, they make the mistake of like buying, spending more time doing shit they don't like to buy slightly more nicer versions of the same shit. That's his word, himself. That's what he said, right? He also did something that's hilarious. He's like-

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

And essentially what he told me, he's like, listen, I know all the rich guys. He's like, they're all miserable. He's like, they make the mistake of like buying, spending more time doing shit they don't like to buy slightly more nicer versions of the same shit. That's his word, himself. That's what he said, right? He also did something that's hilarious. He's like-

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

I have a place in Chicago and I have a compound in Malibu. That's the word he used, right? And he goes, every year I take my family, like his kids, his extended family, and we spend the holidays in the South of France. He goes, I could buy the village. He goes, I don't buy it. I rent it because the things that you own start to own you.

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

I have a place in Chicago and I have a compound in Malibu. That's the word he used, right? And he goes, every year I take my family, like his kids, his extended family, and we spend the holidays in the South of France. He goes, I could buy the village. He goes, I don't buy it. I rent it because the things that you own start to own you.

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

I have a place in Chicago and I have a compound in Malibu. That's the word he used, right? And he goes, every year I take my family, like his kids, his extended family, and we spend the holidays in the South of France. He goes, I could buy the village. He goes, I don't buy it. I rent it because the things that you own start to own you.

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

And then he's, the funny thing is he wanted to show me pictures of his Malibu house. And so I thought it would be like pictures on his phone. He hands me his phone and it's Google images. It says Sam Zell Malibu house. So it's like, imagine having a house that's so well known, a compound where it's like, it's on Google images.

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

And then he's, the funny thing is he wanted to show me pictures of his Malibu house. And so I thought it would be like pictures on his phone. He hands me his phone and it's Google images. It says Sam Zell Malibu house. So it's like, imagine having a house that's so well known, a compound where it's like, it's on Google images.

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

And then he's, the funny thing is he wanted to show me pictures of his Malibu house. And so I thought it would be like pictures on his phone. He hands me his phone and it's Google images. It says Sam Zell Malibu house. So it's like, imagine having a house that's so well known, a compound where it's like, it's on Google images.

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

But his whole point was like, David, you do not trade money for freedom. Okay. He goes, go for freedom. And this is the rough synopsis of what he said. He goes, if you go for freedom, if you have freedom, you can control what you work on. If you control what you work on, you can work on what you love. If you work on what you love, you'll do it for a long time.

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

But his whole point was like, David, you do not trade money for freedom. Okay. He goes, go for freedom. And this is the rough synopsis of what he said. He goes, if you go for freedom, if you have freedom, you can control what you work on. If you control what you work on, you can work on what you love. If you work on what you love, you'll do it for a long time.

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

But his whole point was like, David, you do not trade money for freedom. Okay. He goes, go for freedom. And this is the rough synopsis of what he said. He goes, if you go for freedom, if you have freedom, you can control what you work on. If you control what you work on, you can work on what you love. If you work on what you love, you'll do it for a long time.

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

If you do it for a long time, you'll get really good at it. If you get really good at it, money will come as a result. And so his whole point, he's like, I had unlimited money. I never made the mistake of trading money in exchange for my freedom. And that is really powerful.

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

If you do it for a long time, you'll get really good at it. If you get really good at it, money will come as a result. And so his whole point, he's like, I had unlimited money. I never made the mistake of trading money in exchange for my freedom. And that is really powerful.