Zach Dell
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and she's, of course, 20 yards in front of me, and I'm panting and trying to catch her.
There was one time in particular where it was this red car parked at the top of the hill.
It was a long ride.
It could have been 60 or 70 miles or something, and we were pretty far into it, and I was really struggling.
And she's like...
Just get to the red car, get to the red car.
And I'm grinding, trying to get there.
And of course, as I approach the red car, the red car drives away and drives up the hill.
And after the ride, we kind of had this conversation about this is what life is like sometimes.
You see the red car and you're like, if I can just get there, I'm going to make it.
And then the red car starts its engine and pulls away.
Both of my parents, whether it's the 99 on the test or the red car or the way that they operate.
And my dad, 40 years in, he's still the CEO of the company.
That red car is still driving away for him.
He's not like, oh, well, we did pretty good.
We built a big business.
He's reinvented the thing three times.
And he's still having as much fun as he had in the early days.
And it's so fun to see him doing that and having the fun that he's having running his business.
And I think it's just this infinite game mentality, always trying to get better, always trying to improve.