Gary Brecka

You know, the other morning we,

we were part of the 30-30 bike ride.

Yes.

And it was such a surreal moment to be on a bike, you know, going through the center of downtown Dubai, you know, five or eight lanes of traffic wide closed.

Tens of thousands of people there.

The sun was coming up over the city.

The Museum of the Future, this beautiful museum that's in your background was still lit.

You could still see it.

And I turned to my podcast manager and I was like, you know, we should be really present right now and just take this all in.

It was such a,

unique surreal moment and i think it's a metaphor for good leadership in business too because you know i've been to the dubai frame and you get a uh a vision there you know this is a tourist attraction but it's a frame that you know separates old dubai from new dubai and um by the way whoever developed that floor that's in there is that was a that was a sick joke because it's it's it's completely non-see-through and then you step on it and it goes clear yes yes and you're 400

feet in the air.

That scared me a little bit.

I'll be honest.

But you see, you know, in one direction where the city was less than half a century ago.

And then you see this immense, beautiful city.

And I think a lot of companies could learn from this because culture is so important to the foundation of success in a company.

If an entire country can handle this type of acceleration and still keep its culture,

then startup companies should be able to do the same thing.

And that's why I really think that, you know, Dubai is a metaphor for so much more than just leadership in building your country.