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17 Nov 2021 Conversations with Tyler David Rubenstein on Private Equity, Public Art, and Philanthropy
“To be a good lawyer, I think you have to have attention to detail as opposed to the big picture sometimes.”
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- David Rubenstein
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- 17 Nov 2021
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…You once mentioned that you were not a good lawyer. Why weren’t you a good lawyer? To be a good lawyer, I think you have to have attention to detail as opposed to the big picture sometimes. Secondly, you have to obsess over the merits of your client’s causes in some cases. Third, you can’t be distracted by something you think is more interesting. I thought government service was more interesting than being a lawyer, and I also thought that what lawyers do and corporate lawyers do was not the best use of my gray matter. I probably didn’t enjoy it, and I didn’t think it was all that attractive a way to spend my life. Why do so many wealthy people have legal backgrounds, but the very wealthiest people typically do not?…
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