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Classic 23: Lessons from Billionaire Peter Thiel

We Study Billionaires - The Investor’s Podcast Network

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How Peter Teal Failed With PayPal

Peter Teal, co-founder of PayPal, talks about how he failed to find a secret behind banking that could be done differently. He says if you think there's things out there to be discovered, then your probability of actually finding them are probably way higher. But if you have this negative mindset or you have a pessimistic view on it, you're probably not going to find anything. It's all happening at the subconscious level. And what's fascinating is how your brain pushes things into its subconscious.

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