Guy Kawasaki

And then you also have to, how about the people who went to college and failed? But you need to ask in that two-by-two matrix of college, no college, success, failure. You cannot just look at the box about no college, success, and conclude failure. That's for me, because the odds of you being the next Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates or Steve Jobs is pretty low. I hate to tell you.

And then you also have to, how about the people who went to college and failed? But you need to ask in that two-by-two matrix of college, no college, success, failure. You cannot just look at the box about no college, success, and conclude failure. That's for me, because the odds of you being the next Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates or Steve Jobs is pretty low. I hate to tell you.

I hate to tell you.

I hate to tell you.

I think that's absolutely true. And I'll give you a sort of a related theory that I learned from Angela Duckworth, who is the mother of grit. MacArthur Fellow, mother of grit, right? And she has a rule in her family that you have to take on something challenging, something that stretches you. And then you can quit that when you are successful.

I think that's absolutely true. And I'll give you a sort of a related theory that I learned from Angela Duckworth, who is the mother of grit. MacArthur Fellow, mother of grit, right? And she has a rule in her family that you have to take on something challenging, something that stretches you. And then you can quit that when you are successful.

So if you took up, I don't know, let's say you took up figure skating and It was very hard for you to become a figure skater. And so you just wanted to quit after one or two times. You're not allowed to quit until you are successful or at least, you know, you have some kind of positive experience. You cannot quit on the downside. You have to quit as a winner.

So if you took up, I don't know, let's say you took up figure skating and It was very hard for you to become a figure skater. And so you just wanted to quit after one or two times. You're not allowed to quit until you are successful or at least, you know, you have some kind of positive experience. You cannot quit on the downside. You have to quit as a winner.

And as a parent, I can tell you that is a great theory. As a parent, I can also tell you that it's very hard to do it.

And as a parent, I can tell you that is a great theory. As a parent, I can also tell you that it's very hard to do it.

Well, I think for you parents out there, I mean, I'm sure you'll agree with me that the concept that you can control your children is a delusion. I mean, it is. You are absolutely not in control.

Well, I think for you parents out there, I mean, I'm sure you'll agree with me that the concept that you can control your children is a delusion. I mean, it is. You are absolutely not in control.

This is another good story that you should ask what's missing because... Now, you might think, oh, so Guy, you know, he decided to pivot. He made a very intelligent decision. He started taking programming classes. He started to learn about computing. He started to learn about tech because he was tired of schlepping gold and diamonds. And so he's going to go to tech.

This is another good story that you should ask what's missing because... Now, you might think, oh, so Guy, you know, he decided to pivot. He made a very intelligent decision. He started taking programming classes. He started to learn about computing. He started to learn about tech because he was tired of schlepping gold and diamonds. And so he's going to go to tech.

And I'll tell you something, what happened is, At Stanford, I became very good friends with a person who was very technical. And after graduation, he went to Harvard Business School. And after Harvard Business School, he went to Hewlett-Packard in the calculator division. So he was in Eugene, Oregon, or Bend, Oregon, or someplace.

And I'll tell you something, what happened is, At Stanford, I became very good friends with a person who was very technical. And after graduation, he went to Harvard Business School. And after Harvard Business School, he went to Hewlett-Packard in the calculator division. So he was in Eugene, Oregon, or Bend, Oregon, or someplace.

And he was recruited out of HP to go to the Macintosh division of Apple. And then he went to Apple and then he recruited me out of the jewelry business into Apple. So you could say that, yeah, guy, you are so smart. You pivoted from the jewelry business. You saw the future of Silicon Valley. You saw that everything was going to go tech. You are such a visionary guy.

And he was recruited out of HP to go to the Macintosh division of Apple. And then he went to Apple and then he recruited me out of the jewelry business into Apple. So you could say that, yeah, guy, you are so smart. You pivoted from the jewelry business. You saw the future of Silicon Valley. You saw that everything was going to go tech. You are such a visionary guy.

Even at a young age, you called the future. Or you can say, guy, you are successful because of nepotism, nothing else. And that would be closer to the truth.

Even at a young age, you called the future. Or you can say, guy, you are successful because of nepotism, nothing else. And that would be closer to the truth.