meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
TED Talks Daily

Mark Cuban doesn't believe in following your passions | ReThinking with Adam Grant

TED Talks Daily

TED

Creativity, Ted Podcast, Ted Talks Daily, Business, Design, Inspiration, Society & Culture, Science, Technology, Education, Tech Demo, Ted Talks, Ted, Entertainment, Tedtalks

4.111.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Mark Cuban has gone from selling garbage bags door-to-door to selling internet companies for billions, acquiring an NBA team, and becoming a beloved "Shark" on Shark Tank. Mark reveals to Adam how he turns problems into opportunities in entrepreneurship, basketball, and investing. They discuss his latest venture–disrupting the healthcare industry with an online pharmacy and a price-slashing philosophy that makes hundreds of drugs affordable–and why following your passion is not the best way to maintain your motivation. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/RWAG1

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Hey y'all, it's Elise here and I'm so excited to share an episode of rethinking with Adam Grant.

0:10.3

Adam is no stranger to this podcast and I know you've heard some of the episodes of Work Life.

0:15.2

But this is a new weekly podcast that explores the psychology of some of the world's most

0:19.7

fascinating people.

0:21.9

Adam brings curiosity and science to conversations with his favorite thinkers, from business leaders

0:26.8

to artists, academics to athletes, about the opinions and assumptions we should all be revisiting.

0:32.7

If you like the episode, you can follow rethinking with Adam Grant wherever you're listening to this.

0:42.0

Hey everyone, it's Adam Grant.

0:43.9

Welcome back to rethinking, my podcast on the science of what makes us tick.

0:49.0

I'm an organizational psychologist and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating people

0:54.3

to explore how they think and what we should all rethink.

0:59.7

My guest today is Mark Cuban, the outspoken serial entrepreneur,

1:03.6

Shark Tank investor, and owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks.

1:07.9

Mark's latest venture, Cost Plus Drugs, is made hundreds of prescriptions more affordable.

1:13.8

We have a rolicant conversation about what it takes to disrupt an industry and when to bet on a person and an idea.

1:21.3

We also discussed some basketball rules that I think are long overdue for change

1:25.3

and why it's terrible advice to follow your passion.

1:33.5

So Mark Cuban, I think it was six years ago that you came to visit us at Wharton and I don't

1:39.7

know if you remember this, but you did something I have never seen a speaker do before or since,

1:44.6

which is you went to the campus bar and you hung out with students, I think it was past midnight.

1:49.4

I thought that was an incredible mark of character, but tell me why did you do it?

1:55.6

I wanted a beer.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from TED, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of TED and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.