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Bryan Johnson

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  1. “Seeing that they really didn't have a shot at life, I came home with his burning desire that I wanted to spend my life in providing people's lives. And so I assessed what I could do. I looked at all the things you find in college like model UN and helping do projects in Africa and wherever else. But nothing really spoke to me. And so I thought, you know what, I'll just become an entrepreneur. I'll build a successful business. I'll retire by 30 with abundance of resources and I'll have freedom of time. And then I'll figure out a way to improve people's lives. And so I think you really, at the age of 21, was the first time I set my sights really on that I can become an entrepreneur and build something of value.”

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  2. “I think I guess I lived in Ecuador for two years and I came home to the States I guess this is probably not the answer you're looking for, but after living in Ecuador and seeing these people shackled in extreme poverty.”

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  3. “I just took an interest in them. I wanted to understand how they look to the world, what they experienced, what they liked, what they disliked. I just was sincere. And I've always been curious. And so I know I didn't try to become like them. I just wanted to be friends and understand them.”

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  4. “Exactly. Yes, and so I would befriend these people and I would say like I come in peace and I just want to be friends, I have no agenda here. And I became friends, I think honestly, with everyone in the whole school. I just loved having friends. And I love to dance in between the different groups because they saw the world so differently, right? It wasn't just like this mono understanding of the world. And so I really enjoyed maintaining friendships. And that was my first experience in and learning like social dynamics because it wasn't natural for me. I wasn't good looking. I didn't have expensive clothes. My parents, we actually had very little money. I wasn't funny. I wasn't witty. I wasn't necessarily super smart. So I didn't have the natural things that get you entrance into that kind of club.”

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  5. “No, so in eighth grade. I remember I had these good friends in my neighborhood we were best buddies, and I was annoyed because in school there were these clicks forming of jocks and stoners and nerds, like these typical things how people organize themselves and they have these in-group characteristics where they would conform with each other's behaviors and say similar things. And I was bothered because I wanted to be friends with everyone. And so I did this scrappy big data analysis where I went out and I evaluated all the different groups and the power structures within each groups because there's always people within the groups who allow new members to join the group.”

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  6. “I just loved having it and knowing that I had value or some rare card to show to friends when they came over. But no, it was just simply a way to splurge. I didn't spend any money very much, but that was the only thing I really spent money on.”

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  7. “So I successfully avoided really serious trouble my whole life, but just below the level that I think could have been really dangerous, but we did all sorts of things, and even now, I guess as I look at my children as they grow up, the world has been sterilized dramatically in terms of what is and is not acceptable behavior. In many ways, I'm grateful for the things we were able to do because we were able to explore and try new things out. But yeah, I stayed out of trouble mostly.”

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  8. “We trusted her implicitly, and I think when she let go and we owned ourselves and our own behavior, I think we behaved accordingly. And so I did feel responsible for my own behavior and it didn't. I was still just as mischievous, but I also knew there were boundaries in how mischievous I could be, and it was out of respect for her in that she did give us a lot of freedom to do what we wanted to do.”

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  9. “But that's typical of my mom. She was supportive and kind. She kept us out of trouble the best she could, but she wasn't over the top. And we responded to that.”

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  10. “Yeah, exactly. I took the gasoline that was otherwise used for the lawnmower and I filled up this carton And I went out on the street and I lit it on fire. And as expected, it was producing quite a flame. And then her green taurus rolled around the corner coming down the street, coming home. And I thought, oh no. So in haste, I kicked over the jug. And now the gasoline spills on the street and into the gutter. And now it's rolling down the gutter. And there's cars there. So I'm having these images of like cars blowing up. So I walk over to the gutter and I stomp on the gasoline to put it out. And of course, that splashes, now the lawn's on fire. So it's getting worse and worse. So, anyways, we put the fire out, and then the only thing she says to me, she says, Brian, you probably shouldn't do that again. I said, all right, that's fair.”

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  11. “So one time I wondered what if you filled a gallon, a milk gallon jug full of gasoline and you lit it on fire, I wondered what would happen. And so I went out into the street and”

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  12. “So I my family and I were really close. I have three brothers and one sister and we were always up to no good. We lived in a small town in Utah and we had nothing really to do but get into trouble. But we were also very close and we were best friends. It was true throughout high school, for example. Most, you know, when people in high school, they don't like their parents, they'll shun them. They're embarrassed by them. But I would walk down the hallways with my arm around my mom and she'd give high fives to my friends because she was there being a substitute teacher watching over her rambunctious boys. But we had a great time as a family. And for fun, we would watch the Dukes of Hazard and the A-team on Friday nights and we'd go get a special combo mill at Hardy's. We don't really have much money. But we just, I guess I have a lot of sweet memories from growing up of being close to the family.”

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  13. “Yeah, so I guess I love efficiency. And so as I contemplate if I'm going to spend 60 minutes of my time listening to something, I want some value. And so specifically, I want to have, you know, five, six, seven takeaways. And so I thought ahead of time, what could I do in the shortest amount of time that would create the most value in someone's life?”

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