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And they tell you the story of how much money they've made and how easy it was, whatever. So you get... tempted into believing that the grass is greener. You pursue that. So now you're doing two things. Now your first thing starts to suffer.

And I think especially in the early season of life, when you don't have Elon Musk resources, much of the game is focusing enough on one thing to build those resources so that you have the chance of... being able to do it more than one thing or spreading your bets a bit more.

And I think especially in the early season of life, when you don't have Elon Musk resources, much of the game is focusing enough on one thing to build those resources so that you have the chance of... being able to do it more than one thing or spreading your bets a bit more.

But in that first season, when you're in resource accumulation phase, I think my early investors in my company, I remember one day emailing my first investor, who's a very successful man, and saying, I've got an idea. And it was an idea other than the one he'd invested in. And I remember the email. I was 18 years old. And he hit me so hard on that email.

But in that first season, when you're in resource accumulation phase, I think my early investors in my company, I remember one day emailing my first investor, who's a very successful man, and saying, I've got an idea. And it was an idea other than the one he'd invested in. And I remember the email. I was 18 years old. And he hit me so hard on that email.

He was like, if you don't focus on one thing, you will never ever be successful.

He was like, if you don't focus on one thing, you will never ever be successful.

Yeah, I was trying to. He was the one. Yeah, so my investor was a very successful man. And I emailed him this other idea, which I thought was amazing.

Yeah, I was trying to. He was the one. Yeah, so my investor was a very successful man. And I emailed him this other idea, which I thought was amazing.

And he sent me this email back, which was like being hit by a whip. And he was like, if you don't focus on one thing now, you will never be successful. Because also you rob yourself, as you said, of the chance of accumulating deep skills.

And he sent me this email back, which was like being hit by a whip. And he was like, if you don't focus on one thing now, you will never be successful. Because also you rob yourself, as you said, of the chance of accumulating deep skills.

I've never forgotten a certain Johnny Ive clip that I watched many, many years ago. I think it was, must have been five years ago now, where he talks about working with Steve Jobs. And this is what he says in the clip. And I've never forgotten it. Never forgotten it.

I've never forgotten a certain Johnny Ive clip that I watched many, many years ago. I think it was, must have been five years ago now, where he talks about working with Steve Jobs. And this is what he says in the clip. And I've never forgotten it. Never forgotten it.

When they talk about compounding returns in life, they always say that it's slow, then it's fast. And even this podcast, if you look at the graph of this podcast, for the first three years of me recording in my cupboard on Sunday nights alone, completely flat. No one's listening. And then by year, maybe I'd say year four or year five, it goes straight up.

When they talk about compounding returns in life, they always say that it's slow, then it's fast. And even this podcast, if you look at the graph of this podcast, for the first three years of me recording in my cupboard on Sunday nights alone, completely flat. No one's listening. And then by year, maybe I'd say year four or year five, it goes straight up.

And that's a consequence of those first three years were acquiring skills, understanding music, what people liked and why they liked listening to the show and actually getting better as a talker, a speaker, an interviewer, et cetera. And what most people miss is they miss that internship of the slow, lonely, unrewarding couple of years because they lose focus. No one's clapping, no downloads.

And that's a consequence of those first three years were acquiring skills, understanding music, what people liked and why they liked listening to the show and actually getting better as a talker, a speaker, an interviewer, et cetera. And what most people miss is they miss that internship of the slow, lonely, unrewarding couple of years because they lose focus. No one's clapping, no downloads.

I've never seen another route. I've never seen another path there. I've never seen the overnight success.

I've never seen another route. I've never seen another path there. I've never seen the overnight success.

I've heard you reference before Howard Gardner's Frames of Mind, Theory of Multiple Intelligences book. And in that book, it says that there are five types of intelligences, logical intelligence, linguistical intelligence, interpersonal intelligence, spatial intelligence, and bodily intelligence. And it defines them quite differently.