Ryan Holiday

This is how I want to give back.

So he's saying, you, the government, don't get to tell me what to do.

But I'm going to tell myself what to do beyond what you probably would have told me what to do if you had to say.

Well, I would also say that one of the perks of running a small business is it's both the perk and the burden of it, which is like, as a regular person, it's really easy to have opinions.

Like, this is what I think the minimum wage should be.

This is what I think outsourcing is gross or unethical, or I think people should do this or that.

And then, yeah, then you have a business and you have to buy...

employee uniforms and making them in the U.S.

costs $20 a T-shirt and making them in China costs $4 a T-shirt.

And now all of a sudden this principle costs you money.

And you might think, OK, so the business says we'll obviously go with the cheaper one.

But if

If it's your business and it's your reputation and you have to justify and rationalize all these decisions, both to yourself and other people, then all of a sudden you get to decide, right?

And you have a responsibility to decide.

And so to me, there's something really empowering about running a business because it's like you don't control the world.

You only have one vote in an election.

But in your business, you get constant votes and says over how you think things should be done.

And then you get to do them that way.

Oh, we're not.

And turn out you're full of shit.