Michael Chernow

For like, like, like a hundred to one.

And I think a lot of people, unfortunately, are easily influenced and will allow what something says on paper.

Because you can make a P&L say anything you want it to say.

You could put a formula in there and say you're going to make $100 million.

You could put a formula in there that say you're going to be negative EBITDA.

Paper and mathematics only can take you so far.

There is soul that is required in business.

Business without soul, business without culture, in my opinion, is dead no matter how you slice it.

And that goes for all businesses.

The most culturally focused insurance broker is going to be more successful than the soulless insurance broker.

And so I...

sort of use my God given skills, which is to inspire people, to create environments, products, and services that people that I know people enjoy to make them fun, make them cool, get a team to rally behind it, ask for as much help as humanly possible.

So much so that it's painful for me at times, the amount of help I ask for and then take the leap.

Like, I'm not afraid.

Failure is not something that I don't appreciate.

But I walk into every single day of my life thinking that I'm going to win.

And I mean, I'm a New York Giants fan for crying out loud.

But every Sunday morning, I think we're winning.

So that is just my mentality.

And I think the difference between a good entrepreneur and a great entrepreneur is the ability to withstand an abnormal amount of adversity and stress and anxiety,