Malcolm Gladwell

Because it actually does demotivate me.

And I'm a very motivated person.

I've never thought about why.

I just thought it was a husband-wife dynamic.

But actually, that's quite similar.

And so it's almost like you want to have, sure, you can have those aspirational people.

Maybe if you're only worth a couple hundred thousand dollars, you might look to learn a few things from billionaires.

But they're too far.

Like you need to learn from maybe a millionaire.

who's just a little bit ahead of you, so you could close that gap.

That's actually an interesting way to think about it in life.

Interesting.

So how would you apply that to like your team or life?

Are there rules that you put into place?

Like would you say pick somebody who's a mentor that's like right behind you, right next to you and way ahead of you?

Are there rules like that that you think about?

Yeah, it is.

And it's not popular because I think these days there's so many people that say just hustle to get to the person and you can get to anybody and just keep pestering them.

But at a certain point, Malcolm Gladwell's inbox is probably pretty full and you have a lot of people going after you.

And so even if they get to you, you're going to be like, hey, I hope you kill it.