"I'm please, but not satisfied," he says of his state of mind. "i think in a capitalist system, people like me, or you or that, are just to have that dissatisfaction." He went away for a month and put up an auto response on his email - it made him realize he had a great team. But when he got back 'nothing bad had happened'
My guest is businessman and investor Andrew Wilkinson, who has made a successful career out of channeling his entrepreneurial spirit, but he knows that sometimes that energy can be a double-edged sword.
We discuss the lessons learned acquiring 40 companies, why he struggled to find happiness and what changed, mimetic desire, competing with venture-backed companies, hiring and firing CEOs, getting back up after million dollar mistakes, and so much more.
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