Daryl
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first heard Dec 2024
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And then it just creates like a sour situation. Right.
The value of that is it gives you the opportunity to have the honest conversation at any time. Right. Right? So instead of like, oh man, we don't... This could go sour. This could be really tough. It's like, no, we already know what we'll do if it gets to that point. Right. Let's have the conversation and just not get to that point or resolve it so we can move on.
Right.
So the truth is we've had partnerships that have not worked. Yep. Right? We've struggled from the beginning. They just weren't a good fit, and we acknowledged it and parted ways. We've had relationships that were – or partnerships that start off really good, and then we got to a point where we parted ways. And then we have people we still work with to this day. Yep. Including each other.
And I think one of the things, the mentality of a partnership should be one where – you're willing to give way more than the other person. Yep. It's basically like going to war where it's like, if my guy's injured, whether that's physically, mentally, emotionally, like I got to hold down the fort. I got to take care of everything. I got to like, it's my responsibility with no, no, no, no regard.
Like you, it's, it's on you. And I think that's something that served us well, where it's like, we are not trying to play equal. We're not trying to play fair. It's like, I'm going to give you more. And then you're like, well, I'm giving you way more. And so it's like this competition of who can give more to the business or to the relationship.
And removing our ego of like, I deserve this or I deserve that. Yep.
Typically it goes back to what you're talking about. I share my perspective, you share your perspective. We figure out if we're talking about the same thing from a different perspective or sometimes just two things completely different that we thought were the same thing.
Right. He didn't show up before me or he didn't do. Right. Right.
I think the other superpower that we have as a partnership is we can make decisions quickly. And there's always times, multiple times, where we disagree with each other. And then we look at it and we're like, OK, who has the ultimate decision? Who's ultimately responsible for the outcome of that decision? And then it's usually, okay, I disagree with it, but you're responsible.
If you really believe in this, then I'll let you make the decision, the ultimate decision. And then if it doesn't work out, I'm never going to say I told you so. I'm never going to come at you again because... No, because once I give you that opportunity to make the decision, I give you that power, I have to 100% back you up.
But I think it's a superpower because think of how many times we're like, I disagree, I think it should be that. And then it's like, okay, who's ultimately responsible? All right, go for it, move. And then you make decisions. And the nice thing about that is the faster you make those decisions, the quicker you get to the right solution.
So Chris, I know something that's been really valuable as a framework we laid out. And I know it was at a time when we were trying to figure out how to create a partnership with other people. Yep. How do you create a partnership where it could fall apart within a short period of time?
Well, I think one key piece you're missing out is that we were a part of other organizations before that that were promising equity and delivering nothing. Right. And so we were like, all right, we're going to enter into our business in a way that we can deliver. So we had to come up with a framework so that we didn't put ourselves in a bad situation. Absolutely. But then we could deliver.
Right.
I think one hard conversation you need to have as partners is having equity in the company does not give you a job in the company. Equity only gives you your portion of distributions, but it does not guarantee a job. And a lot of times people think, oh, because I have equity, I have to have a job in the company that has to pay me.
When in reality, that could be one of the worst things for the business.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So I think there's a lot of things that partnerships can do. The conversations have to be constant, especially if your business is growing. You have to constantly revisit, understand perspectives. And then sometimes our conversations are, hey, bro, what's going on? Like, I can tell you're frustrated.
You know, we've had that many times where I've come to you or you've come to me and it's like, what's going on?
Let's dive in, Chris. So Levi, pain now versus pain later. How have you experienced that in your life? When have you tried to avoid pain now just to experience it later?
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