{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Craftsmith","title":"Letter to Bill Gurley: Five Fascinations","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1379,"description":"\"I couldn't discover something that got me excited. Slowly, I've come around to an idea that I made up. It's not a career that other people have.\" - Bill Gurley to Tim FerrissBill Gurley's first principle is \"find your passion.\" But how did Bill actually find his? He didn't have one passion - he had five fascinations pulling in different directions. A love affair with technology, a gambling bug, a deep curiosity about markets, a need to write, and a desire for wealth. Most people would pick one. Bill held all five, with no idea how they'd fit together - and kept building until they did.This is a Craftsmith Letter, an audio letter to a living craftsperson.In this letter:How growing up on a street of NASA scientists in Dickinson, Texas shaped how Bill learned to thinkThe moment his sister's stock options at Compaq showed him a different kind of wealthWhy Bill was \"surprisingly bored\" at one of the most exciting companies in techThe Palm Pilot move: how he spammed 350 of the most powerful people in tech with his newsletterFrank Quattrone's question that changed everything: \"What is your dream job?\"The 10:30 PM walk on the 36th floor of Park Avenue Plaza - and the question he asked himselfWhat Bill told Tim Ferriss that reveals the pattern of his entire career: \"I made it up. It's not a career that other people have.\"Why boredom isn't ingratitude - it's data about which fascinations aren't being servedChapters:References:Runnin' Down a Dream by Bill GurleyBill Gurley's UT Austin talk - the original \"Runnin' Down a Dream\" speechAbove the Crowd - Bill's blogSource conversations referenced in this letter:Bill Gurley on Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin - where Bill discusses permission and disinhibitionBill Gurley on The Tim Ferriss Show #840 - where Bill reveals \"I made it up\"Help deliver this letter:If you think Bill should hear this, send him this episode:@bgurley on XBill Gurley on LinkedInFollow Craftsmith:Apple PodcastsSpotifyYouTubeCraftsmith is a podcast by Bill...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/mnil4TEdy5rGEUo6IuvhxUEr4GSXz8Qm-4imQkoJ9ho/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jNjgy/MzFmZGZjNWE5NjQy/ZjYwNjU3ZTNjOTJj/MTdhMy5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}