SNIPPETS FROM A LECTURE “It was a social experiment.” “You empowered us. For som

SNIPPETS FROM A LECTURE

“It was a social experiment.”

“You empowered us. For some of us it worked. For others, you gave them the chance to believe they could be more than they ever could be.”

“They’re disappointed. They had all these ideas about themselves. About what could have been.”

“Some of these people think that if they just follow the manual according to Curt then in three years I’ll be Curt.”

“Part of it’s your fault, you know. You created a religion. And you were the shepherd. And you left them.”

OUCH

Most people can do more than they believe if they will trust themselves to try. They often need permission to try. They need to be trained to be confident. To develop the intuition that the only failure is a failure to experiment – to try.

I’m very proud of the dozen companies that exist today because we created that entrepreneurial confidence in so many, and the experience that an entrepreneurial environment provides.. And the dozens more companies that have been affected by that experience.

It doesn’t occur to me when I’m trying to make something great, that there will be people who fail. And that some of those people will be marked by that failure. It wouldn’t be ‘aristocratic’ of me.

And libertarianism is an aristocratic philosophy.