JR Ridinger
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234 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard Nov 2024
JR Ridinger’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So often in my life, I've met people who say, well, I became a doctor because that's what my dad expected. And you often meet people, and I'm sure you have too, that become somebody that they never meant to be. And if I hadn't came home and told my dad I was leaving and I was going to do this thing called the internet, I would have been somebody I wasn't supposed to be.
I would watch Dara get up on stage, you know, a little platform in front. And he would tell people one day people are going to buy their products online. The people in the room, they'd look at him like he was crazy. He goes, it doesn't matter what they think, Lauren. What matters is what you think. What do you think? Do you think we can do it?
Do you believe what I tell you when I tell you we can change the world, you and I? Because that's all that matters to me.
The only thing I know that can change the world is people.
I'll tell you all about it. The number one thing, and Jer and I lived our life with this, is...
I am so happy to be here with you. You know how much I love you and how much Dara loved you. And you are the ultimate human. The real truth of the matter is like, I know that people love you and they see you, but I know you on such a deeper level and your whole life is about helping other people live their best lives. Oh my gosh, thank you so much.
That is such a beautiful, come on audience, right? That's such a beautiful, that is so beautiful.
No, we have a real live... This is your first real live audience.
They love you so much.
And they love us. Right? I love them. But I just... I can't thank you enough for having me here because I consider this an honor for somebody who's worked with you and you've taken care of, you treated Jare and I for many years. You are a game changing human. One of the few people I know who spend their life dedicated to making lives better. Wow.
It doesn't matter. All that matters is us.
I kept you out of all of them.
Well, you made him think. even bigger if that's possible. Because I remember he was doing research that day and you started talking about the type of vitamin B and how it needed to be. It was a game changer.
He was like, I want this changed. And he he's never really shut everything down from like listening to one person. He was like, that's it. You know, he just felt so connected to you and and saw that your purpose was so much bigger than any one thing.
I think he wrote like 10 emails to everybody this long with you on it. I was like the most hated guy in the company for a few days. He was so inspired and so moved and just felt like I've never met anybody like Gary before.
It's funny. It's funny. It's a game-changing story, actually, because, you know, I was 18. My dad was like, you've got to go get a job. You're going to be a flight attendant for Eastern Airlines.
By the way, don't worry about it, guys.
They went out of business when I started. But mom worked for Eastern Airlines. Well, you get it. So my dad was like, this is what you're going to do with your life. And I was like, I don't want to do that. I'm afraid to fly. Don't make me do this, Dad. And he was like, you've got to be something. I was like, I just met this incredible boyfriend of mine.
And he says, we're going to change the world. And we're going to start something called the World Wide Web. And it's the internet. And, you know, internet explorer back then. And he was like, that's, you know, a pipe dream. You can't do that. You're going to go get a job. And so I remember I got... to the interview place and there was like 300 people online.
And back then you had to have like legs, red lipstick on, you know, the long hair. I was fitting the bill well for that position, which it would be an embarrassing thing today as a very me too type of treatment for women. And when I got up to the front of the line, I gave him all the wrong answers. They were like, why do you wanna be an Eastern Airlines flight attendant?
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