Dave Asprey

Now, I was exactly the same age as Marc Andreessen, who's a really famous investor, multi-multi-billionaire. Now, Marc created the first web browser. I did the first e-commerce. Very similar, about as similar as you can. In fact, I wrote an article as a journalist about his first web browser. So we're in the same thing. He flew to Silicon Valley. I would have had to drive.

Now, I was exactly the same age as Marc Andreessen, who's a really famous investor, multi-multi-billionaire. Now, Marc created the first web browser. I did the first e-commerce. Very similar, about as similar as you can. In fact, I wrote an article as a journalist about his first web browser. So we're in the same thing. He flew to Silicon Valley. I would have had to drive.

Now, I was exactly the same age as Marc Andreessen, who's a really famous investor, multi-multi-billionaire. Now, Marc created the first web browser. I did the first e-commerce. Very similar, about as similar as you can. In fact, I wrote an article as a journalist about his first web browser. So we're in the same thing. He flew to Silicon Valley. I would have had to drive.

Now, I was exactly the same age as Marc Andreessen, who's a really famous investor, multi-multi-billionaire. Now, Marc created the first web browser. I did the first e-commerce. Very similar, about as similar as you can. In fact, I wrote an article as a journalist about his first web browser. So we're in the same thing. He flew to Silicon Valley. I would have had to drive.

Now, I was exactly the same age as Marc Andreessen, who's a really famous investor, multi-multi-billionaire. Now, Marc created the first web browser. I did the first e-commerce. Very similar, about as similar as you can. In fact, I wrote an article as a journalist about his first web browser. So we're in the same thing. He flew to Silicon Valley. I would have had to drive.

Now, I was exactly the same age as Marc Andreessen, who's a really famous investor, multi-multi-billionaire. Now, Marc created the first web browser. I did the first e-commerce. Very similar, about as similar as you can. In fact, I wrote an article as a journalist about his first web browser. So we're in the same thing. He flew to Silicon Valley. I would have had to drive.

Now, I was exactly the same age as Marc Andreessen, who's a really famous investor, multi-multi-billionaire. Now, Marc created the first web browser. I did the first e-commerce. Very similar, about as similar as you can. In fact, I wrote an article as a journalist about his first web browser. So we're in the same thing. He flew to Silicon Valley. I would have had to drive.

Now, I was exactly the same age as Marc Andreessen, who's a really famous investor, multi-multi-billionaire. Now, Marc created the first web browser. I did the first e-commerce. Very similar, about as similar as you can. In fact, I wrote an article as a journalist about his first web browser. So we're in the same thing. He flew to Silicon Valley. I would have had to drive.

I was 80 miles from Silicon Valley. But he flew to Silicon Valley and he found a guy 20 years older who ran one of the large tech companies and said, teach me. And he did. What did I do? I said, I'll do it all myself. I knew everything. Right. I had a big ego. Right. So I did not do that. And at this point, Mark's a multibillionaire and I'm not. OK, I'm OK with that. I'm doing quite well.

I was 80 miles from Silicon Valley. But he flew to Silicon Valley and he found a guy 20 years older who ran one of the large tech companies and said, teach me. And he did. What did I do? I said, I'll do it all myself. I knew everything. Right. I had a big ego. Right. So I did not do that. And at this point, Mark's a multibillionaire and I'm not. OK, I'm OK with that. I'm doing quite well.

I was 80 miles from Silicon Valley. But he flew to Silicon Valley and he found a guy 20 years older who ran one of the large tech companies and said, teach me. And he did. What did I do? I said, I'll do it all myself. I knew everything. Right. I had a big ego. Right. So I did not do that. And at this point, Mark's a multibillionaire and I'm not. OK, I'm OK with that. I'm doing quite well.

I was 80 miles from Silicon Valley. But he flew to Silicon Valley and he found a guy 20 years older who ran one of the large tech companies and said, teach me. And he did. What did I do? I said, I'll do it all myself. I knew everything. Right. I had a big ego. Right. So I did not do that. And at this point, Mark's a multibillionaire and I'm not. OK, I'm OK with that. I'm doing quite well.

I was 80 miles from Silicon Valley. But he flew to Silicon Valley and he found a guy 20 years older who ran one of the large tech companies and said, teach me. And he did. What did I do? I said, I'll do it all myself. I knew everything. Right. I had a big ego. Right. So I did not do that. And at this point, Mark's a multibillionaire and I'm not. OK, I'm OK with that. I'm doing quite well.

I was 80 miles from Silicon Valley. But he flew to Silicon Valley and he found a guy 20 years older who ran one of the large tech companies and said, teach me. And he did. What did I do? I said, I'll do it all myself. I knew everything. Right. I had a big ego. Right. So I did not do that. And at this point, Mark's a multibillionaire and I'm not. OK, I'm OK with that. I'm doing quite well.

I was 80 miles from Silicon Valley. But he flew to Silicon Valley and he found a guy 20 years older who ran one of the large tech companies and said, teach me. And he did. What did I do? I said, I'll do it all myself. I knew everything. Right. I had a big ego. Right. So I did not do that. And at this point, Mark's a multibillionaire and I'm not. OK, I'm OK with that. I'm doing quite well.

I was 80 miles from Silicon Valley. But he flew to Silicon Valley and he found a guy 20 years older who ran one of the large tech companies and said, teach me. And he did. What did I do? I said, I'll do it all myself. I knew everything. Right. I had a big ego. Right. So I did not do that. And at this point, Mark's a multibillionaire and I'm not. OK, I'm OK with that. I'm doing quite well.

I was 80 miles from Silicon Valley. But he flew to Silicon Valley and he found a guy 20 years older who ran one of the large tech companies and said, teach me. And he did. What did I do? I said, I'll do it all myself. I knew everything. Right. I had a big ego. Right. So I did not do that. And at this point, Mark's a multibillionaire and I'm not. OK, I'm OK with that. I'm doing quite well.

I was 80 miles from Silicon Valley. But he flew to Silicon Valley and he found a guy 20 years older who ran one of the large tech companies and said, teach me. And he did. What did I do? I said, I'll do it all myself. I knew everything. Right. I had a big ego. Right. So I did not do that. And at this point, Mark's a multibillionaire and I'm not. OK, I'm OK with that. I'm doing quite well.

Thank you very much. But it took me another 10 or 15 years to figure out the value of mentorship and to basically get control of my ego so that I could listen to and learn from others. So I'd have to make all the mistakes myself. That's a really, really big thing. We can do that with aging. We can do that with everything, but it comes down to curiosity and willingness to learn.

Thank you very much. But it took me another 10 or 15 years to figure out the value of mentorship and to basically get control of my ego so that I could listen to and learn from others. So I'd have to make all the mistakes myself. That's a really, really big thing. We can do that with aging. We can do that with everything, but it comes down to curiosity and willingness to learn.