Guy Kawasaki
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235 appearances
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2 series
first heard Feb 2025
last heard Apr 2025
Guy Kawasaki’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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It's what am I going to leave for my grandkids? And, you know, when you have that kind of reflection and thought, I have to say it really impacts how you think.
Well, I mean, this isn't, first of all, if you ask Madison, she will tell you that guy doesn't always exhibit patience. Okay.
I am certainly not. But you know what? Like many things in life, it's complicated, right? So patience is waiting 20 years for that old tree. But patience is the flip side of complacency. And so if you're overly patient or you're patient in everything, maybe you won't grow and maybe you won't have grit, right? So it's not as binary as you got to be patient. Sometimes you got to be impatient.
And as I look back in my life, some teachers, some bosses, some coaches were very impatient with me. And that led to good things, not bad things. So it's not that simple that I have this theory that the older I get, the less I think I know what
And don't you have any easy questions?
OK, so one thing that I've learned in my life is that everybody you meet can do something better than you. Right. Listen, you may talk to your gardener and you're thinking, well, I'm the landowner. He or she is just the gardener. For all you know, that gardener can raise oak trees better than you. Maybe that gardener can surf better than you. Maybe that gardener can cook better than you.
So, you know, you think you're all hot shit and you're the center of the freaking universe. But I'm telling you that that gardener can do something better than you. And that is true of everybody. So when you ask a question like that, it's very risky because it's kind of like saying that, you know, you can judge people as losers, right? But okay.
So let's say someone is not progressing in his or her career, not putting in the 60 hours, you know, whatever, just kind of a middle of the road person. And you're thinking, Oh, I'm so vastly superior to that person, but you don't know. Maybe he or she is single parent raising four kids and, taking care of her parents and grandparents. Maybe he or she is abused. I mean, who knows what, right?
But you're just judging that he or she is not this overachiever at work. But you don't know the total picture, so you should not judge people. This is a very long answer to say that I hesitate to give you an answer to your question. Because I'm telling you, remarkable people, they grow. They have grit and they have grace. But you may not see those things because you're only seeing one slice.
If you go to the United Airlines counter and the check-in person treats you like shit, I suggest to you that you step back and you say, you don't know what's going on in her life, right? Maybe her school just called her and said, your daughter or son is in trouble again, right? And all you care about is you want to get an upgrade to first class because, you know, your global services.
And do you know who I am? I demand that you upgrade me. Like, give me a break. My kid is like, you know, just got arrested. And that's my problem. What's your problem? Go sit in fucking middle of the economy. I don't care. I can't say if I was United Airlines, I would want that to come across. But you got to think of what else is going on in people's lives.
You know, of course, it will be in bookstores and Amazon and everywhere, right? I mean, getting it will not be a problem. Deciding to get it is what I'm trying to make you do right now. And listen, I... A tech guy like me sure as hell should have a great domain. So I have a domain, Think Remarkable.
And the way you remember the title, well, we've been talking about Remarkable all day, but back in 1997, Apple ran an ad campaign called Think Different. And it was about Einstein and Richard Branson and Gandhi and Picasso, all the people who thought differently and would be the kind of person that would use a Macintosh. And that ad campaign and the iMac save Apple.
Well, of course, there was Steve Jobs, too. And I think that, you know, yes, thinking different is good and kept us going. But now in today's fractured world, you got to think remarkable. You need to up your game from just different to remarkable. So I hope you'll read the book. You know, I hope it helps you make a difference. That's the key. That's the reward for me.
Thank you. Thank you very much. And listen, if you drop those acorns in water and they all flow, just let me or Madison know and I'll go get some more for you.
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