Ralph Lauren's not normal. He starts his business in his early 20s and he finds his life's work and it's the business that he's still working on to this day when he's in his 80s.

And I have a unique perspective on how rare that is because not only have I read almost 300 biographies of entrepreneurs

for this podcast, but I also get to talk to a ton of founders that are still building companies

and a reoccurring theme in these conversations pops up over and over and over again is the fact that a large part of

your life as an entrepreneur is trying to find your life's work.

In almost every single case that means starting more than one company.

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