Gurley describes how Bezos developed his 80-year-old self framework while David Shaw tried to retain him.
“David Shaw was trying he worked at DE Shaw. David Shaw was trying to get him to not go, and he came up with this idea which is”
Gurley developed a mental exercise asking if he saw himself in his job thirty years from now.
“I had this I developed this mental exercise that I didn't realize I was doing, but at the time, but I said to myself well, a couple years in, we started a third project, looked like the second project, looked like the first project.”
Gurley used a mental exercise asking if he could see himself doing the same work thirty years later.
“I developed this mental exercise that I didn't realize I was doing, but at the time, but I said to myself well, a couple years in, we started a third project, looked like the second project, looked like the first project.”
Gurley paused in front of senior offices at 10 PM asking if he wanted that career path.
“I don't even know why I did this in front of each of those four offices and said, is that gonna be me?”