Jeff Bezos

was that my grandfather was so resourceful. He did everything himself. He made his own veterinary tools. He would make needles to suture the cattle up with. He would find a little piece of wire and heat it up and pound it thin and drill a hole in it and sharpen it. So you learn different things on a ranch than you would learn growing up in a city.

Yeah. Figuring out that you can solve problems with enough tools persistence and ingenuity and my grandfather bought a d6 bulldozer which is a big bulldozer and he got it for like five thousand dollars because it was completely broken down it was like a 1955 caterpillar d6 bulldozer knew it would have cost i don't know more than a hundred thousand dollars

Yeah. Figuring out that you can solve problems with enough tools persistence and ingenuity and my grandfather bought a d6 bulldozer which is a big bulldozer and he got it for like five thousand dollars because it was completely broken down it was like a 1955 caterpillar d6 bulldozer knew it would have cost i don't know more than a hundred thousand dollars

Yeah. Figuring out that you can solve problems with enough tools persistence and ingenuity and my grandfather bought a d6 bulldozer which is a big bulldozer and he got it for like five thousand dollars because it was completely broken down it was like a 1955 caterpillar d6 bulldozer knew it would have cost i don't know more than a hundred thousand dollars

And we spent an entire summer fixing, like repairing that bulldozer. And we'd, you know, use mail order to, to buy big gears for the transmission and they'd show up, they'd be too heavy to move. So we'd have to build a crane, you know, just that kind of, kind of that problem solving mentality. Um, he had it so powerfully, you know, he, he, He did all of his own.

And we spent an entire summer fixing, like repairing that bulldozer. And we'd, you know, use mail order to, to buy big gears for the transmission and they'd show up, they'd be too heavy to move. So we'd have to build a crane, you know, just that kind of, kind of that problem solving mentality. Um, he had it so powerfully, you know, he, he, He did all of his own.

And we spent an entire summer fixing, like repairing that bulldozer. And we'd, you know, use mail order to, to buy big gears for the transmission and they'd show up, they'd be too heavy to move. So we'd have to build a crane, you know, just that kind of, kind of that problem solving mentality. Um, he had it so powerfully, you know, he, he, He did all of his own.

He didn't pick up the phone and call somebody. He would figure it out on his own. Doing his own veterinary work.

He didn't pick up the phone and call somebody. He would figure it out on his own. Doing his own veterinary work.

He didn't pick up the phone and call somebody. He would figure it out on his own. Doing his own veterinary work.

Laying on the floor. That's how he watched TV. He was a really, really remarkable guy.

Laying on the floor. That's how he watched TV. He was a really, really remarkable guy.

Laying on the floor. That's how he watched TV. He was a really, really remarkable guy.

Well, I mean, there's so much inspiring there. One of the great things to take away from that. One of the great Von Braun quotes is, I have come to use the word impossible with great caution. And so that's kind of the big story of Apollo is that things, you know, Going to the moon was literally an analogy that people used for something that's impossible.

Well, I mean, there's so much inspiring there. One of the great things to take away from that. One of the great Von Braun quotes is, I have come to use the word impossible with great caution. And so that's kind of the big story of Apollo is that things, you know, Going to the moon was literally an analogy that people used for something that's impossible.

Well, I mean, there's so much inspiring there. One of the great things to take away from that. One of the great Von Braun quotes is, I have come to use the word impossible with great caution. And so that's kind of the big story of Apollo is that things, you know, Going to the moon was literally an analogy that people used for something that's impossible.

Oh yeah, you'll do that when men walk on the moon. And of course it finally happened. So I think it was pulled forward in time because of the space race. I think with the geopolitical implications and how much resource was put into it. At the peak, that program was spending 2% or 3% of GDP on the Apollo program. So much resource. I think it was pulled forward in time.

Oh yeah, you'll do that when men walk on the moon. And of course it finally happened. So I think it was pulled forward in time because of the space race. I think with the geopolitical implications and how much resource was put into it. At the peak, that program was spending 2% or 3% of GDP on the Apollo program. So much resource. I think it was pulled forward in time.

Oh yeah, you'll do that when men walk on the moon. And of course it finally happened. So I think it was pulled forward in time because of the space race. I think with the geopolitical implications and how much resource was put into it. At the peak, that program was spending 2% or 3% of GDP on the Apollo program. So much resource. I think it was pulled forward in time.

We kind of did it ahead of when we, quote unquote, should have done it. And so in that way, it's also a technical marvel. I mean, it's truly incredible. It's the 20th century version of building the pyramids or something.