Emma Grede
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And, you know, it's like there is something to speed and agility. And I don't... Listen, I think I have a tremendous work-life balance. I am in Malibu most weekends. I'm on the beach. But I think that we have to have a level of honesty about what it takes to be really successful. And I think that everybody is tired of hustle culture. People are tired of burnout and figuring out how you can...
And, you know, it's like there is something to speed and agility. And I don't... Listen, I think I have a tremendous work-life balance. I am in Malibu most weekends. I'm on the beach. But I think that we have to have a level of honesty about what it takes to be really successful. And I think that everybody is tired of hustle culture. People are tired of burnout and figuring out how you can...
do what you need to do and be really successful at the same time is like what I consider personal responsibility. But at the same time, if we tell everybody that to be really successful, you can do that in a way that is, you know, without being 150%, without waking up most days and doing some type of work, without thinking about work a lot. It's just not...
do what you need to do and be really successful at the same time is like what I consider personal responsibility. But at the same time, if we tell everybody that to be really successful, you can do that in a way that is, you know, without being 150%, without waking up most days and doing some type of work, without thinking about work a lot. It's just not...
It's not honest and it's not, it wouldn't connect with what I see and what my experience are of most people that are truly successful.
It's not honest and it's not, it wouldn't connect with what I see and what my experience are of most people that are truly successful.
I think because it hits them in a place of like, I just don't want to do that. I want all the benefits, but I don't want to do the bit in the middle. And I get that. It's not for everyone. Then don't do it.
I think because it hits them in a place of like, I just don't want to do that. I want all the benefits, but I don't want to do the bit in the middle. And I get that. It's not for everyone. Then don't do it.
No, no, no. If it's possible, tell me who she is and I'll tell you, I'll show you a liar. You know? I don't think so. And honestly, Stephen, what are we talking about? Because I think that most people want a... you know, they don't want everything, right? It's like most people don't and not sitting here being like, I need to be in all the magazines. I want this. I want that.
No, no, no. If it's possible, tell me who she is and I'll tell you, I'll show you a liar. You know? I don't think so. And honestly, Stephen, what are we talking about? Because I think that most people want a... you know, they don't want everything, right? It's like most people don't and not sitting here being like, I need to be in all the magazines. I want this. I want that.
It's like most people want to have security of a well-paying job. They want to, you know, be able to afford their rent or their mortgage and have a nice car and live well and go on a few holidays and And that's like a good life. Should you be able to do that? Absolutely. Should you be able to do that without working evenings and weekends and putting all of the hours in?
It's like most people want to have security of a well-paying job. They want to, you know, be able to afford their rent or their mortgage and have a nice car and live well and go on a few holidays and And that's like a good life. Should you be able to do that? Absolutely. Should you be able to do that without working evenings and weekends and putting all of the hours in?
Yeah, I really think that you should. But if you are leading an extraordinary life, to think that extraordinary effort wouldn't be coupled to that somehow is crazy.
Yeah, I really think that you should. But if you are leading an extraordinary life, to think that extraordinary effort wouldn't be coupled to that somehow is crazy.
Yeah, you do. Yeah, you have to. And listen, I don't think that that is as hard as people are making it. You have to understand that, you know, you can't be a leader and a people pleaser at the same time. And if you're walking around trying to make everybody happy, guess what you won't do? You won't have a great business. You have to have a focus on what it is that you're trying to do
Yeah, you do. Yeah, you have to. And listen, I don't think that that is as hard as people are making it. You have to understand that, you know, you can't be a leader and a people pleaser at the same time. And if you're walking around trying to make everybody happy, guess what you won't do? You won't have a great business. You have to have a focus on what it is that you're trying to do
And you have to be relentless in the pursuit of doing those things. And you need the people that are going to, you know, I am, I'm so much about the people that help you. You know, I hate that idea of like being, you know, like a, you know, I get called like a self-made whatever. And I'm like, I'm really not self-made if you understood how many people I am.
And you have to be relentless in the pursuit of doing those things. And you need the people that are going to, you know, I am, I'm so much about the people that help you. You know, I hate that idea of like being, you know, like a, you know, I get called like a self-made whatever. And I'm like, I'm really not self-made if you understood how many people I am.
there were around me that just like getting me here today. Do you know what I mean? There's like a village sitting outside. But nothing happens on your own and it takes so many people and so much skill and so much that I don't have.
there were around me that just like getting me here today. Do you know what I mean? There's like a village sitting outside. But nothing happens on your own and it takes so many people and so much skill and so much that I don't have.