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Jimmy Wales

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The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

You know, there's the famous comic.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

It depicts like there's two characters and one of them sort of sitting and typing and the other one's like, honey, come to bed.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

And the person says, I can't.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

Someone is wrong on the Internet.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

We've all had that experience of like, it can be very addictive.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

Like, hold on, I've got to debate this person like they're getting something wrong.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

Yeah.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

But it's not healthy.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

And it's not healthy when you understand that the algorithm is promoting that kind of controversy to keep you on the site longer.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

That isn't great.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

And so, yeah, I think it's time to leave behind that type of social media and go with something healthier.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

I mean, the really easy one is buy Apple stock.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

That's my number one, like, if I could travel back in time and say one sentence to myself, I'd be like, buy Apple stock, drop everything else.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

No, I mean, I think, you know, I do think for young people, you know, I think one of the one of the biggest pieces of advice I would have for people is just get started on whatever it is that you think you'd like to do.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

And it's sort of like without endorsing it completely, but lean startup methodology, you know, like give things an experiment, give things a try.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

And that can be a lot of different things in your life because.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

The next five years will go by no matter what you do.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

And when you look back in five years, you'll be happier if you tried something and it didn't work than if you never tried it.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

I think that's really key.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

And also, you'll probably learn something when you try something and fail.