Ben Gilbert: belief

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…This is actually something that ties into much of what we've talked about over the last couple of hours. People are going to do what they want to do. If people can do what they want to do and are given unfettered freedom to run it, they can do great things. If people are forced to do things that they don't want to do, they're not going to make great things. Either forced to or choose to put themselves in a situation for whatever reason when they're doing something they don't want to be doing, they're not going to be very good at it. I think one of the reasons why we find ourselves so attracted to episodes that highlight craft is because that's how we think about Acquired. If LVMH, Benchmark, it's like people who do few things, but do them exceptionally well, are just so entrancing to study. I think this goes back to what you were just saying, and I want to go craft things. Charlie again has these simple ideas. Most of the problems are that you're just not intensely interested in what you're working on. He's like, I don't care how smart you are. Charlie's smarter than almost everybody. He goes, I was not successful until I moved myself into a position where I worked on something I was intentionally interested in. These small rules carry most of the weight. It's like, how bad do you actually want it? If you're not willing to do these things, there's nothing wrong with that. Entrepreneurship is for a very small percentage. I'm not one of these people that think everybody can be an entrepreneur. I would like to see more of them, but there's no safety net. No one's telling you what to do. No one had to tell you guys, hey, you should buy microphones, do a bunch of research, and pick up the name.…

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