Surround yourself with people committed to your mission, not just the paycheck. The speaker contrasts Revolutionary soldiers fighting for their families with Hessian mercenaries fighting for pay, then shares how a qualified French accountant treated his job as just a check, showing no ownership. Loyalty and shared purpose beat raw talent.
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In the American Revolutionary War, the American soldiers were fighting all in for their wives and kids that were in the village behind them. And the British hired these Hessian mercenaries. They were just there for the money. They weren't even mad at the Americans. So guess what? When the going gets tough, I'm going back to Germany. Only be with people, even if they're less talented, that are all in for you. That if all my money was lost, they'd be like, it sucks. I'm going to stick with you. Let's rebuild. Was there a time when that hit you? Ty, like specifically, is there a moment where you're like, I learned this lesson? I remember a French dude, all the qualifications. This dude turned out for one year instead of doing his job where he would account, like, you know, you bring in your expenses and he'd classify, he would just randomly classify. You just here for paycheck. You didn't care about what you did at all. You didn't have any sense of pride, dude. What a lame way to learn that lesson. I literally could have hired a chimpanzee. That is wild.