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You can't teach desire.

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Summary

The speaker explains that in business and team building, the most important trait is a person's internal drive or 'hunger' rather than their intelligence or background. She argues that obsession is the key factor that makes someone difficult to compete with.

Structure

1The impossibility of teaching desire
2The horse to water analogy applied to business
3The importance of hiring for ambition
4Why obsession beats intelligence and experience

On-screen text

OBSESSION BEATS TALENT You can't teach desire You can't teach hunger You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink If you get to optimize for one thing make sure it is that they want a bigger life for themselves It's not IQ It's not history It's not where you went to school It's how bad do they want it If you want something bad enough you become obsessed and obsessed people are really hard to beat

Transcript

You can't teach desire. You can't teach hunger. And I think there's an old saying about this, which is you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. And I think that is the true thing in business, too. If you get to optimize for one thing in people you bring along with you in life, make sure it is that they want a bigger life for themselves. If I could choose one thing in any member of my team, it's not IQ, it's not history, it's not where you went to school. It's how bad do they want it? Because if you want something bad enough, you become obsessed, and obsessed people are really hard to beat.