I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people,

and I had a brilliant boss I much admired.

I went to my boss and told him I was going to start a company selling books on the internet.

He took me on a long walk in Central Park,

listened carefully to me, and finally said,

that sounds like a really good idea, but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn't already have a good job.

You can have a job, or you can have a career, or you can have a calling. And if you a career or you can have a calling.

And if you can somehow figure how to have a calling, you have hit the jackpot, because that's the big deal.

I met Jeff Bezos 25 years ago and he told me, Dave, I want you to invest in my company. What are you doing?

I'm going to start a bookstore in my garage.

Okay. I'm going to put it online. People will buy online and I'm going to ship out of my garage. But if you invest in me, Dave, someday, I'm going to be the richest man in the world. I'll do over $100 billion. dollars. First of all, there is no such thing as $100 billion

$25 years ago.

Statistically, there's no such thing.

Countries didn't have a hundred, our national debt wasn't $100 billion.

And this dude's telling me at 26 years old

that he's going to be the richest man in the world because he has a

garage in the internet that was his truth no but he did not he did not know it and neither did

I but the difference between him and I was laughing scoffing and jesting at him and he was already

applauding himself going,

at the right way at the perfect time,

I'm going to make as much as I can as quickly,

and I'm sitting there going, there's no way this is going to be a big business.

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