Co-founder of Reddit; founder of Seven Seven Six
“Yes, I’d like to upgrade my dad’s season tickets. Oh, front row, fifty-yard line, please–the best you have.”
Guest post, The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss, 17 September 2013 source ↗
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Co-founder of Reddit; founder of Seven Seven Six
“Yes, I’d like to upgrade my dad’s season tickets. Oh, front row, fifty-yard line, please–the best you have.”
Guest post, The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss, 17 September 2013 source ↗
A mink coat in 1975 (it was the done thing then). It cost me £5,500.
My short film, Scrubber, in 2011. At that time in my life it seemed easier to pay for it myself than to apply for funds.
A guitar – a 1959 Gibson 335.
I once bought the most expensive moisturiser in the shop and it brought me out in spots. Lesson learned.
Thank goodness, too. Because that was a long-term investment in myself.
The whole ordeal gives you a wisdom at a young age — to realize what matters in life are the people and experiences (not things) one acquires along the way.
Purge toxic relationships and spend time with the people who inspire you to be better.
You'll spend your whole life creating: websites, companies, even logos that millions of people love, but none of those compare to how proud of you are of your most important creation: your family.
I'm lucky now because I get to see firsthand someone who is one-of-a-kind at her craft
She'll show you what it means to be truly courageous and selfless. And you'll spend the rest of your life working to make her sacrifices worth it.
Noel Clarke, Big Narstie, Bradley Wiggins, Rebecca Lucy Taylor, Kevin Pietersen, Kwame Kwei-Armah
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