How to Make a Few Billion Dollars
von Brad Jacobs
When I notice I’m feeling anxious about something, I ask myself a basic CBT question: “What’s the worst that can happen, and how would I cope with that?” Or, “If a friend had a similar worry, how would I advise them to handle it?” By putting distance between myself personally and the source of the anxiety, I can think more objectively about positive outcomes. “Look, Brad, if you want to make money in the business world, you need to get used to problems, because that’s what business is. It’s actually about finding problems, embracing and even enjoying them—because each problem is an opportunity to remove an obstacle and get closer to success.”
When I notice I’m feeling anxious about something, I ask myself a basic CBT question: “What’s the worst that can happen, and how would I cope with that?” Or, “If a friend had a similar worry, how would I advise them to handle it?” By putting distance between myself personally and the source of the anxiety, I can think more objectively about positive outcomes.
“Look, Brad, if you want to make money in the business world, you need to get used to problems, because that’s what business is. It’s actually about finding problems, embracing and even enjoying them—because each problem is an opportunity to remove an obstacle and get closer to success.”
The easiest way I know to create tremendous shareholder value is to buy businesses at profit multiples lower than the multiple our stock trades at, and then significantly improve those businesses.
If I had tried to do everything I wanted to, I never would have accomplished anything big. Narrow your focus to your most important dreams and tune out everything else.
There are three ingredients for electric meetings: the right people, a crowdsourced agenda, and an atmosphere where everyone feels safe to respectfully disagree.
"When I notice I’m feeling anxious about something, I ask myself a basic CBT question: “What’s the worst that can happen, and how would I cope with that?” Or, “If a friend had a similar worry, how would I advise them to handle it?” By putting distance between myself personally and the source of the anxiety, I can think more objectively about positive outcomes."
"“Look, Brad, if you want to make money in the business world, you need to get used to problems, because that’s what business is. It’s actually about finding problems, embracing and even enjoying them—because each problem is an opportunity to remove an obstacle and get closer to success.”"
"The easiest way I know to create tremendous shareholder value is to buy businesses at profit multiples lower than the multiple our stock trades at, and then significantly improve those businesses."
"If I had tried to do everything I wanted to, I never would have accomplished anything big. Narrow your focus to your most important dreams and tune out everything else."
"There are three ingredients for electric meetings: the right people, a crowdsourced agenda, and an atmosphere where everyone feels safe to respectfully disagree."
"Be a futurist and figure out the bullish and bearish trends driving your industry. If you get the major trends right, you can make mistakes and still succeed."
"The question, “What was the happiest part of your day?” has a more uplifting effect than “How was your day?”"
- →“Look, Brad, if you want to make money in the business world, you need to get used to problems, because that’s what business is. It’s actually about finding problems, embracing and even enjoying them—because each problem is an opportunity to remove an obstacle and get closer to success.”
- →If I had tried to do everything I wanted to, I never would have accomplished anything big. Narrow your focus to your most important dreams and tune out everything else.
- →“You can mess up a lot of things in business and still do well as long as you get the big trend right.”
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