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And every step I take, suddenly the ego starts coming up. Oh, 20 billion valuation, billion valuation in Japan. On top of that, billion and a half valuation in Southeast Asia. On top of that, $5 billion valuation in China. On top of that, so a billion of that 4.2 was going to everybody, including to myself. And I owned about proportionately about 25% of the company at the time. So big numbers, numbers I've never seen numbers. Miguel was getting a lot. All our employees, the investors, many times more than they ever invested from that billion. And every step that I'm taking, and every step that I'm taking, the ego comes up. Oh, I feel so strong. I feel so big. You start doing your own math, 20 billion, 25%. That's five billion. Then there's all the other ones. What's my net worth? And before you know it, the guy that sat in the car was a mission-driven entrepreneur who really believed in creating a world where people make a life and not just a living. Every step that I take, it goes higher and higher. And by the time I walk into HQ, 18th Street, I forgot what we were all about. Here's why ego is on the one hand very good and on the other very dangerous. Ego and desire are the same word. Ego just means big desire. Having huge desire is important to build huge things, but you have to manage it and control it. When I walked in, I got confused. It suddenly became about the money. All the stuff that Rebecca told me, all the stuff when we met, all the years of spiritual practice, everything, to the garbage. And what happens when the ego gets the best of you? You become blinded. What does that mean? You make mistakes and bad decisions.
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