American - Businessman | May 20, 1961 -
Imagine what we could do for the world's grand challenges with a trillion hours of focused attention.
Peter Diamandis
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Since the age of 6, I've always wanted to go to space.
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In 1994, to motivate me to complete my pilot's license, my good friend, Gregg Maryniak, gave me Charles Lindbergh's autobiography of his solo flight across the Atlantic.
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In 1980, it cost just under $600 to take a round-trip flight within the United States.
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Because it's cheaper and easier to fly than ever before, air travel is becoming democratized.
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Now, we connect via Skype or Google+ Hangout and see our friends' and loved ones' faces live.
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Elon Musk with PayPal revolutionized banking.
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Paul Allen with Microsoft revolutionized the software industry.
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I think the folks who go after grand challenges are impatient.
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Lots of people dream big and talk about big bold ideas but never do anything. I judge people by what they've done. The ratio of something to nothing is infinite. So just do something.
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If you're the CEO of a publicly traded company, you're worried about quarterly returns.
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An exponential growth is a simple doubling. One becomes two becomes four.
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