Steven

And the companies that can produce tons and tons of money, even like look at Apple, it was created in the 1970s, didn't really find its stride, so to speak, until the mid-2000s. And so it's like sometimes there's companies like Facebook, I guess, and OpenAI that found product market fit, found incredible success virtually overnight, the day that they were invented. Right.

One of the problems with rapid growth too is that the difference between building a product that's going to grow very quickly, that is a very different skill than managing a company that now has 1,000 employees. Those are night and day different skills. And so you might be a very talented entrepreneur who can build a product and get thousands of people to buy it.

One of the problems with rapid growth too is that the difference between building a product that's going to grow very quickly, that is a very different skill than managing a company that now has 1,000 employees. Those are night and day different skills. And so you might be a very talented entrepreneur who can build a product and get thousands of people to buy it.

That does not necessarily mean that you have the skills to manage a 50-person team or a 1,000-person team.

That does not necessarily mean that you have the skills to manage a 50-person team or a 1,000-person team.

What's interesting is that when anyone says happy, you're like, how can you disagree with that? Everybody wants to be happy. But a lot of why people run into problems when they're seeking happiness is because happiness is not the emotion that you want to go for. Happiness is always a five-minute emotion. It comes and goes.

What's interesting is that when anyone says happy, you're like, how can you disagree with that? Everybody wants to be happy. But a lot of why people run into problems when they're seeking happiness is because happiness is not the emotion that you want to go for. Happiness is always a five-minute emotion. It comes and goes.

You experience it, but it's a thrill, and then it kind of wears off very quickly. If you hear a funny joke, you go to a comedy show, it's funny. You laugh at a joke for 20 seconds, and then it's not that funny anymore. What you want to go for, I think, is contentment. And a lot of people, like money can buy a good life.

You experience it, but it's a thrill, and then it kind of wears off very quickly. If you hear a funny joke, you go to a comedy show, it's funny. You laugh at a joke for 20 seconds, and then it's not that funny anymore. What you want to go for, I think, is contentment. And a lot of people, like money can buy a good life.

But when you imagine yourself with the new house, the new car, the nice vacation, when you dream about those making you happy, what you're actually envisioning is yourself being content with those things. You envision yourself on the beach in Maui being content with it. And that's why it feels so good.

But when you imagine yourself with the new house, the new car, the nice vacation, when you dream about those making you happy, what you're actually envisioning is yourself being content with those things. You envision yourself on the beach in Maui being content with it. And that's why it feels so good.

The feeling that you want, the feeling that you're actually chasing, whether you know it or not, it's not happiness, it's contentment. And I think that little shift too is – because most people are out there seeking happiness. But they're like, I'm not – I don't feel that much better than I used to.

The feeling that you want, the feeling that you're actually chasing, whether you know it or not, it's not happiness, it's contentment. And I think that little shift too is – because most people are out there seeking happiness. But they're like, I'm not – I don't feel that much better than I used to.

Because what you actually want to seek is what my grandmother-in-law had, which is being content with the little bit that she had. And that's why she was so happy. And maybe again, that's the wrong word, but she was content. She was perfectly content with her very simple, very basic, boring life, boring in other people's eyes. She was content.

Because what you actually want to seek is what my grandmother-in-law had, which is being content with the little bit that she had. And that's why she was so happy. And maybe again, that's the wrong word, but she was content. She was perfectly content with her very simple, very basic, boring life, boring in other people's eyes. She was content.

And that's why a lot of people would look at her, including me, with a sense of envy. It's probably the right word. How did you do that? How are you so happy? It's because she was content with what she had.

And that's why a lot of people would look at her, including me, with a sense of envy. It's probably the right word. How did you do that? How are you so happy? It's because she was content with what she had.

When you imagine yourself driving in the Ferrari and you're like, oh, that would be so great. What you're actually imagining yourself is yourself in a Ferrari being content with that Ferrari. But what ends up happening is when, if you are in the Ferrari, you're like, oh, look at that Lambo. Oh, that's nicer than mine, isn't it? You're not content with it.

When you imagine yourself driving in the Ferrari and you're like, oh, that would be so great. What you're actually imagining yourself is yourself in a Ferrari being content with that Ferrari. But what ends up happening is when, if you are in the Ferrari, you're like, oh, look at that Lambo. Oh, that's nicer than mine, isn't it? You're not content with it.

Right. And then you want the Rolls Royce, whatever it is. Whether you know it or not, that's what you're actually seeking. You just want to be content with what you have because that's true joy. How does one be content now? People have been talking about that for thousands of years. The philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer has this quote that I love.