Codie Sanchez

And because of that, we have really bad incentives.

And environmental standards are really hard to care about when you work in three month cycles.

Yeah.

And so all of that to say, when you run a small business, the great part, you can actually compete with the big guys in a lot of ways that they can't

And you get to see the consequences of actions.

Because a lot of times you can say things that sound great and are idiotic in life.

Like, you know, there are lots of arguments to raise the minimum wage and you could believe in that or not.

But when you do it inside of your business, you go, OK, so when I raised it that much, now I can't hire these other 10 people.

So is that good or bad?

I don't know.

But there's actually data and math associated.

You can't have everything all at once.

And so you get to start to play with the supply and demand economics.

The other cool part about having a business is if you have a strong opinion, go put some money and work behind it.

And so I think these days, like I loved the line.

God, I can't remember who it was from, but the line was basically like, oh, I think it's Jordan Peterson when he talks about like before you go try to change the world with charity, why don't you go try to make your first dollars?

Because dollars often move further than straight charity.

Do I agree with that in every way?

No, but dollars do move the world.

I've seen it firsthand.