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Sam Parr

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
8897 total appearances

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My First Million
Bill Gurley: 6 Out of 10 People Are Making This Mistake

No doubt.

My First Million
Bill Gurley: 6 Out of 10 People Are Making This Mistake

And like when I was an engineer and before I went to Wall Street, it turns out I had read Peter Lentz's one up on Wall Street.

My First Million
Bill Gurley: 6 Out of 10 People Are Making This Mistake

I was trading stocks in my spare time.

My First Million
Bill Gurley: 6 Out of 10 People Are Making This Mistake

So unconsciously, I was testing that in this field that I would eventually go towards.

My First Million
Bill Gurley: 6 Out of 10 People Are Making This Mistake

And so, yes, like don't quit your job tomorrow just because you're unhappy.

My First Million
Bill Gurley: 6 Out of 10 People Are Making This Mistake

Start figuring out that you're what direction is the right direction to move towards.

My First Million
Bill Gurley: 6 Out of 10 People Are Making This Mistake

I don't think so.

My First Million
Bill Gurley: 6 Out of 10 People Are Making This Mistake

I mean, Danny's one of the nicest humans I've ever met in my entire life.

My First Million
Bill Gurley: 6 Out of 10 People Are Making This Mistake

Even though someone like Bobby Knight, who we have in the book, is known as being that way, he's probably got the biggest coaching tree in the history of the sport, which means people have developed underneath him, both as coaches and players, and become coaches.

My First Million
Bill Gurley: 6 Out of 10 People Are Making This Mistake

So even if...

My First Million
Bill Gurley: 6 Out of 10 People Are Making This Mistake

You know, this prickly guy you see throwing the chair is not the one that developed all these humans, you know, and put them on their way and on their path.

My First Million
Bill Gurley: 6 Out of 10 People Are Making This Mistake

And one of the things I love about a lot of the stories in the book is that these people reach a place where they're touching so many people in their field.

My First Million
Bill Gurley: 6 Out of 10 People Are Making This Mistake

I think that's a more fulfilling test of were you successful than did you hit some milestone.

My First Million
Bill Gurley: 6 Out of 10 People Are Making This Mistake

Some people get in a position where they spend right up to what they earn, and then they don't have flexibility.

My First Million
Bill Gurley: 6 Out of 10 People Are Making This Mistake

And so you move from one town to another.

My First Million
Bill Gurley: 6 Out of 10 People Are Making This Mistake

A lot of the people in the book do that.

My First Million
Bill Gurley: 6 Out of 10 People Are Making This Mistake

And if you're stuck...

My First Million
Bill Gurley: 6 Out of 10 People Are Making This Mistake

You're stuck.

My First Million
Bill Gurley: 6 Out of 10 People Are Making This Mistake

You might have to stay in a job because you've built an expense burden that goes right up against the top of it.

My First Million
Bill Gurley: 6 Out of 10 People Are Making This Mistake

I saw a ton of those people when I came to New York.