A speaker shares how losing a friend at 13 left him feeling invisible and at the bottom of every hierarchy. He argues that anyone can choose relentless work on networking and learning, and that the discipline itself transforms you into a better person, regardless of whether you get the specific outcome you want.
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It was actually when I was 13 years old, and I mean, I hadn't even mentioned this, but I'd lost my friend a few years prior. I'm in the bottom set for everything. I'm in the lowest sports team. No one thinks that I'm smart. No one thinks I'm cool. I wasn't anything to anyone, or at least that's what I perceived. And I think it was suddenly there was one day, and again, you lose motivation, you get it back, and you try and be disciplined, but you can't, but you just keep going. It's that mindset of why not you? And I think for anyone listening to this podcast is that we all have the ability. Whether you're Bill Gates or anyone, anyone has the thing that can say, "I'll leave the athleticism to the athletes. I'll leave the acting to the actors. I'll leave the investment banking to the investment bankers or the privileged kids." And there is an extent to which that still happens. But for those other roles, why not you? Why not work as hard as you possibly can on networking, on learning what you can, on listening to Amplify podcast, in doing their courses, in doing whatever you can to be the best version of yourself. Because when you reflect on this time, even if you don't get the result that you wanted, even if you don't get that investment banking internship or recruiting cycle or whatever you want to do, you will be so proud of yourself for being disciplined, for doing great work, and you will find that you will have become an incredible person whether or not you get that investment banking internship.
