Stephen Collar
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And because of this weird experience I'd had where I'd had a lot of access right before I met Peter, a bunch of aerospace engineers who all told me what Peter was saying was possible. And they were all sort of like rebel misfits engineers. So like the mainstream was saying what Peter was saying was impossible with this whole group.
And because of this weird experience I'd had where I'd had a lot of access right before I met Peter, a bunch of aerospace engineers who all told me what Peter was saying was possible. And they were all sort of like rebel misfits engineers. So like the mainstream was saying what Peter was saying was impossible with this whole group.
And I was like, these guys know what they're talking about because I watched them. I watched them drive a car through the sound bay. And if you, that's harder than putting a spaceship into space. So I was like, okay, this thing is possible. So I met Peter on, you know, the first time I met him, he was like, he doesn't tow this line now.
And I was like, these guys know what they're talking about because I watched them. I watched them drive a car through the sound bay. And if you, that's harder than putting a spaceship into space. So I was like, okay, this thing is possible. So I met Peter on, you know, the first time I met him, he was like, he doesn't tow this line now.
And he didn't very, very quickly after the X-Prize got found, but he was like, we're going to take down NASA. We're going to, it was this crazy, impossible dream. And yet eight years later, Branson went into space. So like, I really got to live through like, I watched my buddy Peter open the space frontier and like everybody else looked at Peter as like, Oh my God, some kind of God.
And he didn't very, very quickly after the X-Prize got found, but he was like, we're going to take down NASA. We're going to, it was this crazy, impossible dream. And yet eight years later, Branson went into space. So like, I really got to live through like, I watched my buddy Peter open the space frontier and like everybody else looked at Peter as like, Oh my God, some kind of God.
And I was like, no, no, he's just my friend. He's just like a dude. He's like all the skiers I knew back in squaw. Like if we lionize people, like if you're, if you're a skier and access for athletes, like you lionize people, like,
And I was like, no, no, he's just my friend. He's just like a dude. He's like all the skiers I knew back in squaw. Like if we lionize people, like if you're, if you're a skier and access for athletes, like you lionize people, like,
shane mcconkie and or uh dean potter like the folks i wrote about in the rise of superman but like they're goofy fuck-ups when you met them back you know what i mean they put their pants on the same way as everybody else i've met very few people who
shane mcconkie and or uh dean potter like the folks i wrote about in the rise of superman but like they're goofy fuck-ups when you met them back you know what i mean they put their pants on the same way as everybody else i've met very few people who
would actually qualify for the term genius and you know most of the ones i've met are not particularly good at business or like they can't really function in the world i've met a handful of geniuses who can actually like they're good enough at like being a genius and business that they can pull it off but very few right very few i'll tell you what a lot of people confuse a genius is simply redundancy and keep at it keep at it keep at it until there is a skill development until like the compound interest thing that you mentioned
would actually qualify for the term genius and you know most of the ones i've met are not particularly good at business or like they can't really function in the world i've met a handful of geniuses who can actually like they're good enough at like being a genius and business that they can pull it off but very few right very few i'll tell you what a lot of people confuse a genius is simply redundancy and keep at it keep at it keep at it until there is a skill development until like the compound interest thing that you mentioned
Well, the other thing is also like I had this crazy opportunity because I wrote the very first giant, the first big article on the XPRIZE. So I interviewed all the original XPRIZE teams. Like there was a Chinese team that was building a rocket out of wood. There was, like, people were doing really nuts, nuts stuff.
Well, the other thing is also like I had this crazy opportunity because I wrote the very first giant, the first big article on the XPRIZE. So I interviewed all the original XPRIZE teams. Like there was a Chinese team that was building a rocket out of wood. There was, like, people were doing really nuts, nuts stuff.
I mean, now you look at Bezos and you look at France and you look at Elon and you think, well, those guys know what they're doing. Like, it was a free-for-all when the XPRIZE got first announced. So it was even more amazing when it got won because when you actually, like, sat down with, like, it was, like, 20 of the wild-eyed boys from FreeCloud that were going to go to the moon.
I mean, now you look at Bezos and you look at France and you look at Elon and you think, well, those guys know what they're doing. Like, it was a free-for-all when the XPRIZE got first announced. So it was even more amazing when it got won because when you actually, like, sat down with, like, it was, like, 20 of the wild-eyed boys from FreeCloud that were going to go to the moon.
And what's amazing about it is it's a billion-dollar industry. Trillion-dollar industry. It's going to be a trillion-dollar industry pretty soon. Yeah, exactly.
And what's amazing about it is it's a billion-dollar industry. Trillion-dollar industry. It's going to be a trillion-dollar industry pretty soon. Yeah, exactly.
And you can find all this in my book, The Art of Impossible, and you can get more formal training. You can probably find this in a million different podcasts with me. When it comes to flow, flow itself, there's really only two things to know. What are those flow triggers and how do I just deploy them, right? And then, this is the other thing we were talking about earlier, flow is a cycle.
And you can find all this in my book, The Art of Impossible, and you can get more formal training. You can probably find this in a million different podcasts with me. When it comes to flow, flow itself, there's really only two things to know. What are those flow triggers and how do I just deploy them, right? And then, this is the other thing we were talking about earlier, flow is a cycle.