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Eric Jorgenson

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1138 total appearances

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How to Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky) | Eric Jorgenson on Naval Ravikant

I feel like doctors are the famous example of this, right?

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How to Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky) | Eric Jorgenson on Naval Ravikant

Like we all know cash poor doctors who are like making 700 grand a year, spending 700 grand a year.

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How to Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky) | Eric Jorgenson on Naval Ravikant

They never have equity.

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How to Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky) | Eric Jorgenson on Naval Ravikant

They never bothered to figure out the game and they have no retirement plan or they have a, you know, they never build up a net worth because they're just like their lifestyle consumes everything that they earn and they have no equity.

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How to Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky) | Eric Jorgenson on Naval Ravikant

But in the case of CEOs, CFOs, C-suite, VP and above, you just want asymmetric exposure.

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How to Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky) | Eric Jorgenson on Naval Ravikant

If you believe in the company that you're working at, you want part of your package to be equity so that you get... Even salespeople have asymmetric exposure.

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How to Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky) | Eric Jorgenson on Naval Ravikant

They have nonlinear earning potential.

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How to Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky) | Eric Jorgenson on Naval Ravikant

But if you ever want to be truly passive and live off the capital, you need to start figuring out the equity game.

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How to Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky) | Eric Jorgenson on Naval Ravikant

I think this is the very ultimate inner scorecard, right?

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How to Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky) | Eric Jorgenson on Naval Ravikant

Um, so much of what people are driven to do is driven by this like memetic desire and they're always sort of moving the goalposts on themselves.

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How to Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky) | Eric Jorgenson on Naval Ravikant

Um,

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How to Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky) | Eric Jorgenson on Naval Ravikant

You have to know why you're playing the game.

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How to Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky) | Eric Jorgenson on Naval Ravikant

This is the enlightenment path, right?

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How to Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky) | Eric Jorgenson on Naval Ravikant

And there's all kinds of books that he recommends and conversations that he's had with people.

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How to Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky) | Eric Jorgenson on Naval Ravikant

But if you study those enlightened people, they're just removed from it.

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How to Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky) | Eric Jorgenson on Naval Ravikant

And some people feel compelled.

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How to Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky) | Eric Jorgenson on Naval Ravikant

They can't remove themselves from the game until they've won the game.

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How to Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky) | Eric Jorgenson on Naval Ravikant

Not everybody's like that.

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How to Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky) | Eric Jorgenson on Naval Ravikant

Some people can be like, this is all a hallucination.

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How to Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky) | Eric Jorgenson on Naval Ravikant

I'm just going to remove myself.