Mark Cuban doesn’t believe in following your passions
ReThinking
TED
4.7 • 626 Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2022
⏱️ 49 minutes
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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.
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| 0:00.0 | Debbie was in a bit of a pickle. |
| 0:03.0 | A Crisp and Gurkin sandwiches just weren't selling. |
| 0:07.0 | Until she had the good idea to use Canva to design her logo, |
| 0:11.0 | menus and social posts. |
| 0:14.0 | They looked good. |
| 0:17.0 | Really, really good. |
| 0:19.0 | Turns out Crisp and Gurkin sandwiches are right up everyone's street. |
| 0:23.5 | Even if that street now smells of pickles. |
| 0:26.7 | Thanks, Canva. |
| 0:29.8 | Hi, I'm Frances Fry. |
| 0:31.6 | And I'm Anne Morris. |
| 0:33.1 | And we are the hosts of a new TED podcast called Fixable. |
| 0:36.4 | We've helped leaders at some of the world's |
| 0:38.4 | most competitive companies solve all kinds of problems. On our show, we'll pull back the curtain |
| 0:43.9 | and give you the type of honest, unfiltered advice we usually reserve for top executives. Maybe you have a |
| 0:50.0 | coworker with boundary issues, or you want to know how to inspire and motivate your team. No problem |
| 0:55.1 | is too big or too small. Give us a call and we'll help you solve the problems you're stuck on. |
| 1:00.3 | Find fixable wherever you listen to podcasts. |
| 1:09.3 | Hey everyone, it's Adam Grant. |
| 1:11.1 | Welcome back to rethinking, my podcast on the science of what makes us tick. |
| 1:16.7 | I'm an organizational psychologist, and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating people |
| 1:21.6 | to explore how they think and what we should all rethink. |
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