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Which Game Are You Winning?

Name: Which Game Are You Winning?
Uploaded: 2025-11-29T22:20:00+00:00
Duration: 35 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this monologue, the speaker frames entrepreneurship as one of many "games" within the broader game of life. They argue that many entrepreneurs…

29 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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In this monologue, the speaker frames entrepreneurship as one of many "games" within the broader game of life. They argue that many entrepreneurs prioritize the business game, sometimes at the expense of personal well‑being, and illustrate this with high‑profile examples such as Steve Jobs and Elon Musk. The speaker emphasizes that understanding the true "price" of a goal—what one must sacrifice to achieve it—allows a person to make conscious choices, even to the point of walking away from an attractive opportunity when the cost is too high.

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The vast majority of entrepreneurs want to win the game of life, and business is a component, is one of the games within the larger game of life. Some people get lost to whatever game they're in, or they just consciously choose that that game is more important to them. I mean, like, Steve Jobs accomplished a lot. You could make an argument that he was amazing, net positive for humanity, but on the micro level, he lived a harder existence. Elon is probably another one of those people. A lot of people don't— wouldn't want Elon Elon's life, and he says you wouldn't want my life, and I think we should believe that. When you know the price of the thing you want, like, it's okay to go into a store, see something you like, and then not buy it.