Jeff Bezos

So I loved physics, and I studied physics and computer science, and I was proceeding along the physics path I was planning to major in physics, and I wanted to be a theoretical physicist. And the computer science was sort of something I was doing for fun. I really loved it. And I was very good at the programming and doing those things, and I enjoyed all my computer science classes immensely.

So I loved physics, and I studied physics and computer science, and I was proceeding along the physics path I was planning to major in physics, and I wanted to be a theoretical physicist. And the computer science was sort of something I was doing for fun. I really loved it. And I was very good at the programming and doing those things, and I enjoyed all my computer science classes immensely.

So I loved physics, and I studied physics and computer science, and I was proceeding along the physics path I was planning to major in physics, and I wanted to be a theoretical physicist. And the computer science was sort of something I was doing for fun. I really loved it. And I was very good at the programming and doing those things, and I enjoyed all my computer science classes immensely.

But I really was determined to be a theoretical physicist. That's why I went to Princeton in the first place, it was definitely. And then I realized I was gonna be a mediocre theoretical physicist. And there were a few people in my classes, like in quantum mechanics and so on, who they could effortlessly do things that were so difficult for me.

But I really was determined to be a theoretical physicist. That's why I went to Princeton in the first place, it was definitely. And then I realized I was gonna be a mediocre theoretical physicist. And there were a few people in my classes, like in quantum mechanics and so on, who they could effortlessly do things that were so difficult for me.

But I really was determined to be a theoretical physicist. That's why I went to Princeton in the first place, it was definitely. And then I realized I was gonna be a mediocre theoretical physicist. And there were a few people in my classes, like in quantum mechanics and so on, who they could effortlessly do things that were so difficult for me.

And I realized like, you know, there are a thousand ways to be smart and to be a really, you know, theoretical physics is not one of those fields where the, you know, only the top few percent actually move the state of the art forward. It's one of those things where you have to be really just, your brain has to be wired in a certain way.

And I realized like, you know, there are a thousand ways to be smart and to be a really, you know, theoretical physics is not one of those fields where the, you know, only the top few percent actually move the state of the art forward. It's one of those things where you have to be really just, your brain has to be wired in a certain way.

And I realized like, you know, there are a thousand ways to be smart and to be a really, you know, theoretical physics is not one of those fields where the, you know, only the top few percent actually move the state of the art forward. It's one of those things where you have to be really just, your brain has to be wired in a certain way.

And there was a guy named, one of these people who was convinced me He didn't mean to convince me, but just by observing him, he convinced me that I should not try to be a theoretical physicist. His name was Yosanta. And Yosanta... was from Sri Lanka, and he was one of the most brilliant people I'd ever met.

And there was a guy named, one of these people who was convinced me He didn't mean to convince me, but just by observing him, he convinced me that I should not try to be a theoretical physicist. His name was Yosanta. And Yosanta... was from Sri Lanka, and he was one of the most brilliant people I'd ever met.

And there was a guy named, one of these people who was convinced me He didn't mean to convince me, but just by observing him, he convinced me that I should not try to be a theoretical physicist. His name was Yosanta. And Yosanta... was from Sri Lanka, and he was one of the most brilliant people I'd ever met.

My friend Joe and I were working on a very difficult partial differential equations problem set one night, and there was one problem that we worked on for three hours, and we made no headway whatsoever. And we looked up at each other at the same time, and we said, Yosanta. So we went to Yosanta's dorm room, and he was there. He was almost always there.

My friend Joe and I were working on a very difficult partial differential equations problem set one night, and there was one problem that we worked on for three hours, and we made no headway whatsoever. And we looked up at each other at the same time, and we said, Yosanta. So we went to Yosanta's dorm room, and he was there. He was almost always there.

My friend Joe and I were working on a very difficult partial differential equations problem set one night, and there was one problem that we worked on for three hours, and we made no headway whatsoever. And we looked up at each other at the same time, and we said, Yosanta. So we went to Yosanta's dorm room, and he was there. He was almost always there.

And we said, Yosanta, we're having trouble solving this partial differential equation. Would you mind taking a look? And he said, of course. By the way, he was the most humble, most kind person. And so he looked at our problem, and he stared at it for just a few seconds, maybe 10 seconds. And he said, cosine. And I said, what do you mean, Josanta? What do you mean cosine?

And we said, Yosanta, we're having trouble solving this partial differential equation. Would you mind taking a look? And he said, of course. By the way, he was the most humble, most kind person. And so he looked at our problem, and he stared at it for just a few seconds, maybe 10 seconds. And he said, cosine. And I said, what do you mean, Josanta? What do you mean cosine?

And we said, Yosanta, we're having trouble solving this partial differential equation. Would you mind taking a look? And he said, of course. By the way, he was the most humble, most kind person. And so he looked at our problem, and he stared at it for just a few seconds, maybe 10 seconds. And he said, cosine. And I said, what do you mean, Josanta? What do you mean cosine?

He said, that's the answer. And I said, no, no, no, come on. And he said, let me show you. And he took out some paper, and he wrote down three pages of equations. Everything canceled out, and the answer was cosine. And I said, Josanta, did you do that in your head? And he said, oh no, that would be impossible.

He said, that's the answer. And I said, no, no, no, come on. And he said, let me show you. And he took out some paper, and he wrote down three pages of equations. Everything canceled out, and the answer was cosine. And I said, Josanta, did you do that in your head? And he said, oh no, that would be impossible.