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#584: Bo Shao — His Path from Food Rations to Managing Billions, the Blessings and Burdens of Chasing Perfection, Building the eBay of China in 1999, Pillars of Parenting, and Pursuing the Unpopular

The Tim Ferriss Show

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The Imprints of a Child

As a child, i carried away certain things with me. One of the impressions that i received was that my value comes from my performance. In fact, specifically, to be almost like number one. That's my value. And if i am not number one, then i'm a person with no value. I think my impression is that i sad i was treated better after that. My father had less of a rage. He was so proud of me. I felt my life change for the better, sign y better, because of that performance. As i grew up, i needed to perform well in everything. It's not just mass compositions any more, not just college or the first job

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