Ken Langone
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
That's 95%.
No, no.
You get into a bad idea with a great guy.
The great guy's going to tell you it's a bad idea.
We made a mistake.
Game over.
I haven't got a crystal ball, but that's the key.
Jesse Haddock was a golf coach at Wake Forest.
One time I asked Jesse, what do you look for in a high school kid?
He goes, the one thing I never do is I don't mess with their swing.
If what they're doing and the results of their play gives them my attention, I get my attention because they got a great record, I leave them alone.
I go, what are you looking for, Jesse?
He said, I look for the kid that gets a line on a par three.
And the next one goes back and birdies.
He said, I look for resilience.
And that's about it.
I look for a management guy, Bernie Marcus, fired at 49 years old, no money, a mortgage, no health insurance.
All right, let's go.
Let's do it.
Let's start it.