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Jan Henric Buettner: Why a $10B Founder Came Back to Build a Chess Startup at 60 | DSH #1640
And I'm a little bit more like in the Sex and the City series, there's the one scene when she said, I want to have my money where I can see it in my drawer.
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Jan Henric Buettner: Why a $10B Founder Came Back to Build a Chess Startup at 60 | DSH #1640
And I said, I want to have my money where I can
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Jan Henric Buettner: Why a $10B Founder Came Back to Build a Chess Startup at 60 | DSH #1640
see it like in my village, you know, I entered the village and said, wow, it's really amazing.
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Jan Henric Buettner: Why a $10B Founder Came Back to Build a Chess Startup at 60 | DSH #1640
It's better than having zeros on the bank account, right?
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Jan Henric Buettner: Why a $10B Founder Came Back to Build a Chess Startup at 60 | DSH #1640
Yeah, because you can actually touch it, right?
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Jan Henric Buettner: Why a $10B Founder Came Back to Build a Chess Startup at 60 | DSH #1640
Yeah.
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Jan Henric Buettner: Why a $10B Founder Came Back to Build a Chess Startup at 60 | DSH #1640
And with the bank account, you actually lose money.
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Jan Henric Buettner: Why a $10B Founder Came Back to Build a Chess Startup at 60 | DSH #1640
Yeah.
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Jan Henric Buettner: Why a $10B Founder Came Back to Build a Chess Startup at 60 | DSH #1640
Inflation.
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Jan Henric Buettner: Why a $10B Founder Came Back to Build a Chess Startup at 60 | DSH #1640
And it's basically, yeah, you, and also it's like, even if you win money, it's basically, you're adding zeros, you know, and first of all, you're dealing with a lot of zeros and people, you know, because people who are just focused on money and numbers are not really very people you want to really spend the time with.
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Jan Henric Buettner: Why a $10B Founder Came Back to Build a Chess Startup at 60 | DSH #1640
And
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Jan Henric Buettner: Why a $10B Founder Came Back to Build a Chess Startup at 60 | DSH #1640
And then in the end, I mean, measuring it against the lifespan and against death is like you can't take anything with you.
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Jan Henric Buettner: Why a $10B Founder Came Back to Build a Chess Startup at 60 | DSH #1640
Lars' shirt has no pockets, so you can't basically take anything with you.
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Jan Henric Buettner: Why a $10B Founder Came Back to Build a Chess Startup at 60 | DSH #1640
And inheriting is also, you know, I have, of course, kids, but inheriting is not the best life.
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Jan Henric Buettner: Why a $10B Founder Came Back to Build a Chess Startup at 60 | DSH #1640
My son, for example, is a professional techno DJ.
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Jan Henric Buettner: Why a $10B Founder Came Back to Build a Chess Startup at 60 | DSH #1640
Oh, wow.
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Jan Henric Buettner: Why a $10B Founder Came Back to Build a Chess Startup at 60 | DSH #1640
You can look him up, DBBD.
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Jan Henric Buettner: Why a $10B Founder Came Back to Build a Chess Startup at 60 | DSH #1640
He's a very successful guy.
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Jan Henric Buettner: Why a $10B Founder Came Back to Build a Chess Startup at 60 | DSH #1640
And I'm very proud of him, what he did by himself.
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Jan Henric Buettner: Why a $10B Founder Came Back to Build a Chess Startup at 60 | DSH #1640
So if somebody just inherits money, you just take away the motivation for doing something on your own.