$18 Billion… Still Working 9-5

What this video covers

The mindset of founders, even those who have achieved significant success, and their continued dedication to their work. It delves into the psychological aspects of entrepreneurship and sustained effort.

Transcript

I'm quite wealthy. Yeah, so you don't have to work. You you could be in a river right now. >> I do not have to work if I don't choose to. I have over 7 billion dollars worth of Bitcoin, yes. But will you choose [music] to work? A 9:00 to 5:00? Yeah. Every day. Monday through Friday. >> That's because you're doing what you love to do and you believe in it. I went from a kid in Jacksonville, Florida being scrappy, picking up Coke bottles on >> [music] >> Fifth Street on the West Side to making sure that I never have to pick up any more [music] of goddamn Coke bottles. Mined about 5,000 Bitcoin and at that point I believe they were Bitcoin was trading at 200 to 300 dollars a coin. And so he was impressed and so was I actually and so we built three more over the next eight months I built three more and had them right there at 107 West Van Buren Street across from the

CME and just sucking up electricity. But at the at the end of that year and a half run we were able to mine close to 80,000 Bitcoin.

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