A gardener who became a billionaire — covering the mindset, resilience, and journey of an entrepreneur achieving massive success.
A gardener who became a billionaire — covering the mindset, resilience, and journey of an entrepreneur achieving massive success.
The best career advice I got was from a gardener. I was on a family trip. [music] We were in Kyoto. Many of you probably went to temple that had the largest moss collection in the world. The moss garden is incredible. All of the moss is perfect. [music] Every species of the world's moss is there. And it was a hot summer day. And anybody who's been to Kyoto will knows how incredibly hot it is >> [music] >> during the summer. They're in a valley. It's hot, it's humid, there's no wind, no breeze. And it is insanely hot. All of the tourists were walking [music] by and my family walked by this old man that was uh squatted down working on the moss. [music] I walked by and I noticed he was using a bamboo tweezer. And his bamboo basket was nearly empty. There were only two or three [music] small pieces of dead moss. And I asked him, "What are you doing?" And he says he is taking care
of his garden. His [music] English was perfect. And I asked him how long he's been working there. He said he's been working there for almost 30 years. And he said that this is his garden. And I asked him, "But this garden is so big and your tweezer and your basket is so small. How can you take care of the whole [music] garden?" And he said something that is perfect. He said, "I have plenty of time." And in fact, that's the best career advice I can give you.