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Jeff Bezos explains what it means to disagree and commit “Disagree and commit is a really important principle that saves a lot of arguing.” There will be disagreements in any endeavor in life where you have teammates. “In society, and inside companies, we have a bunch of mechanisms we...

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Watch Jeff’s full interview on the @lexfridman podcast here:

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Super interesting. I think their views on this are actually quite similar. Jeff also advocates for getting everyone in a room and trying to get as close to the underlying truth as possible as the first course of action to resolve disputes. However, I think Jeff is acknowledging that sometimes the truth is unknowable. And if two people disagree when the truth is unknowable, that's when you need to disagree and commit.

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Entrepreneurs are always contrarian thinkers. Its nature requires that. You are putting everything in a thing that will likely fail. But you bet you can make it work and it works.. How? Passion, obsession, conviction..

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It was either start a rocket company or a salty snacks company We chose salty snacks

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@garrytan Employee: no, I know this idea comes from leadership but don’t think we should go with it bacause … Manager (writing employee’s annual review): your top area of improvement is disagree and commit. This is often how the principle is interpreted and applied unfortunately.

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It’s clear that all these billionaires are starting some type of shared protein regimen. Bezos, Zuckerberg, and Musk clearly have no intentions of signing off looking like Warren Buffett or Charlie Munger 🤣😆😂

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@ValaAfshar While I personally don’t know Jeff Besos, I know people who know him because they’ve worked directly with him. According to what they’ve said, he sounds more like the type to steal your ideas or use you, then kick you out…

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Val D. Richard, PhD 🐉vor 2 Jahren

Very wise words. In all these nice advices, I can see that communication is key on all its forms. Nothing should be left hidden. Open and free speech, as here on X but applies in our daily work.

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Elon Musk on the physics of truth: “Truth is not an easy thing But you can aspire to the truth. You can try to get as close to the truth as possible with minimum error while acknowledging that there will be some error in what you’re saying This is how physics works. You don’t say you’re absolutely certain about something, but a lot of things are extremely likely Aspiring to the truth is very important”
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Elon Musk on the physics of truth: “Truth is not an easy thing But you can aspire to the truth. You can try to get as close to the truth as possible with minimum error while acknowledging that there will be some error in what you’re saying This is how physics works. You don’t say you’re absolutely certain about something, but a lot of things are extremely likely Aspiring to the truth is very important”

X Freeze

800,260 Aufrufe • vor 5 Monaten

Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen just told President Trump his leadership in space exploration is truly extraordinary. Trump replied that he spoke to Wayne Gretzky — and The Great One is very proud of him. HANSEN: “While I have the microphone, sir, I just want to thank you on behalf of Canada.” “The space leadership you spoke of from America is truly is extraordinary.” “I’ve said this many times before, a nation that leads like that and creates and sets big goals for humanity, that brings other countries along with it is truly incredible.” “And I know that’s a very intentional, not a necessary decision, intentional decision to lead by example and to allow other countries like Canada to share our gifts and help you achieve these mutually beneficial goals, like establishing a presence on the moon and eventually going to Mars.” “And Canadians are so proud to be a part of this program.” TRUMP: “Well, I have to say, I spoke to a very special person, Wayne Gretzky, who I think, you know, The Great One, and I spoke to your prime minister and many other friends I have in Canada.” “They are so proud of you.” “And you have a lot of courage. I’m not sure if they’d want to do that. I’m not even sure if The Great One would want to do that, to be honest with you.”
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Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen just told President Trump his leadership in space exploration is truly extraordinary. Trump replied that he spoke to Wayne Gretzky — and The Great One is very proud of him. HANSEN: “While I have the microphone, sir, I just want to thank you on behalf of Canada.” “The space leadership you spoke of from America is truly is extraordinary.” “I’ve said this many times before, a nation that leads like that and creates and sets big goals for humanity, that brings other countries along with it is truly incredible.” “And I know that’s a very intentional, not a necessary decision, intentional decision to lead by example and to allow other countries like Canada to share our gifts and help you achieve these mutually beneficial goals, like establishing a presence on the moon and eventually going to Mars.” “And Canadians are so proud to be a part of this program.” TRUMP: “Well, I have to say, I spoke to a very special person, Wayne Gretzky, who I think, you know, The Great One, and I spoke to your prime minister and many other friends I have in Canada.” “They are so proud of you.” “And you have a lot of courage. I’m not sure if they’d want to do that. I’m not even sure if The Great One would want to do that, to be honest with you.”

Overton

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Ben Horowitz advice to CEOs “You want to be liked and respected in the long-run. Not the short-run.” “You have to be able to tell [your team] the truth in a way that you probably don’t tell most of your friends the truth,” the a16z co-founder explains. “Anthropologically, we want people to like us so we tell them what they want to hear. But on a company level or if your on the board of somebody’s company, you have to be able to tell them what they don’t want to hear. That’s the most important thing you’re going to say. And yes, they’re not going to like it when you say, but over time it can save the company.” Ben continues: “That’s what leadership is about. If everybody agrees with the decision, then you didn’t add any value, because they would’ve done that without you. The only value you ever add is when you make a decision that most people don’t like, and that’s where leadership comes in… That’s the thing that takes practice.” He gives Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang as an example: “When Jensen talks about how you have to get to near-death to get yourself to do that, I think that’s true. It’s hard to build that [muscle of telling people what they don’t want to hear] if everything is going great.” Source: Lenny Rachitsky (Sep 2025)
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Ben Horowitz advice to CEOs “You want to be liked and respected in the long-run. Not the short-run.” “You have to be able to tell [your team] the truth in a way that you probably don’t tell most of your friends the truth,” the a16z co-founder explains. “Anthropologically, we want people to like us so we tell them what they want to hear. But on a company level or if your on the board of somebody’s company, you have to be able to tell them what they don’t want to hear. That’s the most important thing you’re going to say. And yes, they’re not going to like it when you say, but over time it can save the company.” Ben continues: “That’s what leadership is about. If everybody agrees with the decision, then you didn’t add any value, because they would’ve done that without you. The only value you ever add is when you make a decision that most people don’t like, and that’s where leadership comes in… That’s the thing that takes practice.” He gives Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang as an example: “When Jensen talks about how you have to get to near-death to get yourself to do that, I think that’s true. It’s hard to build that [muscle of telling people what they don’t want to hear] if everything is going great.” Source: Lenny Rachitsky (Sep 2025)

Startup Archive

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Unity is good, but truth is better. And sometimes, truth divides. Why does this happen so much more on the right than on the left? Because the left is seeking to destroy - the church, the family, the West - and destruction requires little agreement. Use whatever tool you want, however you want. Just take it down. But, on the right, we’re seeking to build something. And when you’re building something, you have to agree on a lot. What are you building? What materials should you use? Which tools? And, most importantly, what’s our foundation? As Christians, we hold that the foundation of any flourishing civilization is that we were created in the image of a God whose power transcends the government’s. He alone is the giver of rights and the determinant of right and wrong. We can’t compromise on that, because without that truth, nothing else in conservatism holds together. Our job isn’t to compromise on our foundation for the sake of “unity.” It’s to do everything we can to pull people over to our side—to what’s good, right, and true.
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Unity is good, but truth is better. And sometimes, truth divides. Why does this happen so much more on the right than on the left? Because the left is seeking to destroy - the church, the family, the West - and destruction requires little agreement. Use whatever tool you want, however you want. Just take it down. But, on the right, we’re seeking to build something. And when you’re building something, you have to agree on a lot. What are you building? What materials should you use? Which tools? And, most importantly, what’s our foundation? As Christians, we hold that the foundation of any flourishing civilization is that we were created in the image of a God whose power transcends the government’s. He alone is the giver of rights and the determinant of right and wrong. We can’t compromise on that, because without that truth, nothing else in conservatism holds together. Our job isn’t to compromise on our foundation for the sake of “unity.” It’s to do everything we can to pull people over to our side—to what’s good, right, and true.

Allie Beth Stuckey

586,368 Aufrufe • vor 10 Monaten

Vinod Khosla reveals Sam Altman admitted nobody tells him where he is “screwing up,” and explains why startups fail when private doubts go unspoken “By the way, I was just talking to Sam Altman. He was here earlier this week. We were having dinner. I said, ‘Sam, your hardest problem is nobody’s going to be brutally honest with you and tell you you’re screwed up in X or Y.’ Like, literally, I told him that.” “And he said, ‘Yeah, nobody says that to me. Like, where am I screwing up?’” “And there’s a great book by a woman called Margaret Heffernan. I said to him, ‘You should invite her to come speak to your senior management team.’ And she’s given a TED Talk, which is the easy way to look at it, called Dare to Disagree.” “She talks about where people don’t disagree even if they know something’s wrong. And then very often you don’t know something’s wrong, but you have a hunch. So you’re not even sure of your own opinion. But if you don’t bring it up in a group meeting, you can’t discuss it. And there may be three other people in the room that are worried about the same thing.” “And very often when startups go wrong, people say, ‘You know, I thought that two years or three years ago,’ and somebody else will say, ‘I thought that too,’ but they never surfaced it for discussion.” “Discussion is always a good thing. Disagreement is always a good thing. As Jeff Bezos says, you want to have that discussion, then you want to have the team agree and commit or disagree and commit. But you want one strategy, and that’s what the founder does or the CEO does.”
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Vinod Khosla reveals Sam Altman admitted nobody tells him where he is “screwing up,” and explains why startups fail when private doubts go unspoken “By the way, I was just talking to Sam Altman. He was here earlier this week. We were having dinner. I said, ‘Sam, your hardest problem is nobody’s going to be brutally honest with you and tell you you’re screwed up in X or Y.’ Like, literally, I told him that.” “And he said, ‘Yeah, nobody says that to me. Like, where am I screwing up?’” “And there’s a great book by a woman called Margaret Heffernan. I said to him, ‘You should invite her to come speak to your senior management team.’ And she’s given a TED Talk, which is the easy way to look at it, called Dare to Disagree.” “She talks about where people don’t disagree even if they know something’s wrong. And then very often you don’t know something’s wrong, but you have a hunch. So you’re not even sure of your own opinion. But if you don’t bring it up in a group meeting, you can’t discuss it. And there may be three other people in the room that are worried about the same thing.” “And very often when startups go wrong, people say, ‘You know, I thought that two years or three years ago,’ and somebody else will say, ‘I thought that too,’ but they never surfaced it for discussion.” “Discussion is always a good thing. Disagreement is always a good thing. As Jeff Bezos says, you want to have that discussion, then you want to have the team agree and commit or disagree and commit. But you want one strategy, and that’s what the founder does or the CEO does.”

Fireside Alpha

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Andrew Whitworth says Nick Saban was the only coach willing to tell him the uncomfortable truth during his recruitment, while other schools promised he could remain a tight end, Saban told him he was actually an offensive tackle and framed the decision in a way Whitworth would remember for the rest of his life “Then Nick Saban got the job at LSU and came to my house. And basically he said, ‘I’m going to be honest with you. I don’t think anybody else is telling you this. You can go to these schools and they’ll sign you as a tight end, but eventually they’re going to move you to tackle. I want to tell you that from the beginning. If you move to tackle, I think you can play in the NFL for as long as you want and have an unbelievable career.’” “Then he told me, ‘It won’t be a 4-year decision, it’ll be a 40-year one.’ And boy, he couldn’t have nailed it much better.” “That’s what makes Nick Saban who he is. He had the ability to have a vision for his players, what they were and what they could become, and deliver that message in a way where you had to respect it.” “I think having tough conversations is probably the mark of some of the best leaders and coaches I’ve ever been around. There are a lot of people who can coach well. There are a lot of people who can lead well.” “But the elite ones can have the tough, hard conversations.” “You might not walk out of the room loving what they said, but you appreciate the message. And you appreciate the guts it takes for somebody to tell you something you might not want to hear.”
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Andrew Whitworth says Nick Saban was the only coach willing to tell him the uncomfortable truth during his recruitment, while other schools promised he could remain a tight end, Saban told him he was actually an offensive tackle and framed the decision in a way Whitworth would remember for the rest of his life “Then Nick Saban got the job at LSU and came to my house. And basically he said, ‘I’m going to be honest with you. I don’t think anybody else is telling you this. You can go to these schools and they’ll sign you as a tight end, but eventually they’re going to move you to tackle. I want to tell you that from the beginning. If you move to tackle, I think you can play in the NFL for as long as you want and have an unbelievable career.’” “Then he told me, ‘It won’t be a 4-year decision, it’ll be a 40-year one.’ And boy, he couldn’t have nailed it much better.” “That’s what makes Nick Saban who he is. He had the ability to have a vision for his players, what they were and what they could become, and deliver that message in a way where you had to respect it.” “I think having tough conversations is probably the mark of some of the best leaders and coaches I’ve ever been around. There are a lot of people who can coach well. There are a lot of people who can lead well.” “But the elite ones can have the tough, hard conversations.” “You might not walk out of the room loving what they said, but you appreciate the message. And you appreciate the guts it takes for somebody to tell you something you might not want to hear.”

Josh Chambers

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Michael B. Jordan shares one of the biggest lessons he’s learned in life “I think being unapologetically honest with what you want and that goes across the board because a lot of times the fear of how somebody’s going to react to what you really want to say is what stops you from saying it” “So you find another way or you put it off or you don’t say it and maybe the situation doesn’t change and you get frustrated and upset why this thing doesn’t change because you might not have said it the way you wanted to say it” “I think there’s a way to be unapologetically honest and still be respectful and speak your truth” “If I would have done that earlier, I would have been further along in relationships that I have with people I care about. Work relationships, business, family, friends, whatever it may have been” “I think being honest with where you stand and how you feel is really giving another person an opportunity to be as honest with you and whatever your fear of that outcome is, it’s never really as big as what you make it up to be” “Tomorrow is not promised to anyone but time will move on, you will move past it and if tomorrow never comes, at least you can know that you said what you needed to say”
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Michael B. Jordan shares one of the biggest lessons he’s learned in life “I think being unapologetically honest with what you want and that goes across the board because a lot of times the fear of how somebody’s going to react to what you really want to say is what stops you from saying it” “So you find another way or you put it off or you don’t say it and maybe the situation doesn’t change and you get frustrated and upset why this thing doesn’t change because you might not have said it the way you wanted to say it” “I think there’s a way to be unapologetically honest and still be respectful and speak your truth” “If I would have done that earlier, I would have been further along in relationships that I have with people I care about. Work relationships, business, family, friends, whatever it may have been” “I think being honest with where you stand and how you feel is really giving another person an opportunity to be as honest with you and whatever your fear of that outcome is, it’s never really as big as what you make it up to be” “Tomorrow is not promised to anyone but time will move on, you will move past it and if tomorrow never comes, at least you can know that you said what you needed to say”

Jack

85,551 Aufrufe • vor 5 Monaten

Sarah Guo on being contrarian: "Unlike my good friends at Founders Fund, I don't have an instinct to be contrarian. But it is so fundamental to decide what you think and not worry too much about what other people think. And 'other people' is like the dominant narratives of the period, or even what different players in the ecosystem that are really important, declare one way or another. I think you just need to find the truth. If you find the truth and it's wrongly priced and you hold onto that, you're in a good position. You want asymmetric information, and then the confidence to hold the opinion when other people haven't come around to it yet. I think a lot about how to make sure we have the information that is better than other people's, and then protect ourselves from noise."
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Sarah Guo on being contrarian: "Unlike my good friends at Founders Fund, I don't have an instinct to be contrarian. But it is so fundamental to decide what you think and not worry too much about what other people think. And 'other people' is like the dominant narratives of the period, or even what different players in the ecosystem that are really important, declare one way or another. I think you just need to find the truth. If you find the truth and it's wrongly priced and you hold onto that, you're in a good position. You want asymmetric information, and then the confidence to hold the opinion when other people haven't come around to it yet. I think a lot about how to make sure we have the information that is better than other people's, and then protect ourselves from noise."

Patrick OShaughnessy

122,943 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten

🗣️ Mikel Arteta on the possibility of players leaving who have been here a long time: "It's a really, really tough moment, you need to face that reality. But you need to face it with real honesty and transparency because when you are on the other side, that's exactly what you need. "You might not like what you've been told, but if it's truthful, if it's the reality, if it's honest and it's going to help you to make better decisions and have more clarity for the next steps in your career, you have to do that. "These are always very difficult conversations, but they need to be done. It's like when a player doesn't feel that he belongs or he's important, he wants to have a different chapter, I think that communication has to exist and it has to be both ways. "We all know, everything has a start and has an end. When it comes to the end, I think our duty, our responsibility is to do it in the best possible way, maintaining the respect and admiration for the player and the relationship, but understanding that at the end, we need to make football decisions."
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🗣️ Mikel Arteta on the possibility of players leaving who have been here a long time: "It's a really, really tough moment, you need to face that reality. But you need to face it with real honesty and transparency because when you are on the other side, that's exactly what you need. "You might not like what you've been told, but if it's truthful, if it's the reality, if it's honest and it's going to help you to make better decisions and have more clarity for the next steps in your career, you have to do that. "These are always very difficult conversations, but they need to be done. It's like when a player doesn't feel that he belongs or he's important, he wants to have a different chapter, I think that communication has to exist and it has to be both ways. "We all know, everything has a start and has an end. When it comes to the end, I think our duty, our responsibility is to do it in the best possible way, maintaining the respect and admiration for the player and the relationship, but understanding that at the end, we need to make football decisions."

Connor Humm

143,296 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten

💌DPR Ian 260629 FROMM update part. 2 - transcription “thank you for those messages guys. i’m reading them. just want to say i appreciate all the messages. anyway yeah it's,you know what i realized? you know,i feel like dreamers is such a,it's such a correct term for our fandom,but also,it's too small of a word to contain who we are. i realized what makes us so strong and so unique is just the fact that we have all of each other's backs when it gets tough. there are a lot,i know there are a lot of our fans that are so diverse. and not just that,are diverse in terms of what they go through. i mean,we all go different things in this world. but for a community to come together and celebrate one another,we go through something so hard in this world and sometimes the world is really not kind to us. but the fact that we've always tried to push each other,not away,but to find resilience and salvation within ourselves,is what makes this fandom what it is. and i couldn't be more proud and i couldn't be more prideful about who i was representing. i just wanted to take this night to really say that i think dreamers are probably one of the most,i think,strongest and proud,but also the most intuitive fans anyone could really have. and for that,i’m always going to be thankful. and gosh,i couldn't have anyone better. who we've become,sorry,how we've come together as a collective,really goes beyond words and really goes beyond i think understanding,to be honest. but we are always going to be there in the dark and of course in the light. but it really does matter when you're there in the dark. i think that shows true color. and time and time,you have proven not to me,but to everybody in the team and to yourselves,that you are there for me especially. so yeah, you guys are the light and whenever you need somebody to be your light,i’m going to do my best to do so. but indo hope in the midst of it,dreamers will be the light to other dreamers as well. because,you know,at the end of the day,we're all here,we're all in it together. you know,tomorrow might be a stop,or the next,or in a few years. god knows what. but till then,all we can really do is thrive and i guess just keep dreaming. but i just wanted to say how proud i am of us. how truly proud i am of us. and you guys should also be,also be so much,be so much proud of who you guys are and what you guys represent. you guys aren't just fans at this point. you guys also are a representation of DPR. and i…” *in the korean part,he says that sometimes he speaks to us (fans) in banmal (반말) the informal way of speaking in korean,and it really depends on the moment. he adds that he’ll use it every now and then
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💌DPR Ian 260629 FROMM update part. 2 - transcription “thank you for those messages guys. i’m reading them. just want to say i appreciate all the messages. anyway yeah it's,you know what i realized? you know,i feel like dreamers is such a,it's such a correct term for our fandom,but also,it's too small of a word to contain who we are. i realized what makes us so strong and so unique is just the fact that we have all of each other's backs when it gets tough. there are a lot,i know there are a lot of our fans that are so diverse. and not just that,are diverse in terms of what they go through. i mean,we all go different things in this world. but for a community to come together and celebrate one another,we go through something so hard in this world and sometimes the world is really not kind to us. but the fact that we've always tried to push each other,not away,but to find resilience and salvation within ourselves,is what makes this fandom what it is. and i couldn't be more proud and i couldn't be more prideful about who i was representing. i just wanted to take this night to really say that i think dreamers are probably one of the most,i think,strongest and proud,but also the most intuitive fans anyone could really have. and for that,i’m always going to be thankful. and gosh,i couldn't have anyone better. who we've become,sorry,how we've come together as a collective,really goes beyond words and really goes beyond i think understanding,to be honest. but we are always going to be there in the dark and of course in the light. but it really does matter when you're there in the dark. i think that shows true color. and time and time,you have proven not to me,but to everybody in the team and to yourselves,that you are there for me especially. so yeah, you guys are the light and whenever you need somebody to be your light,i’m going to do my best to do so. but indo hope in the midst of it,dreamers will be the light to other dreamers as well. because,you know,at the end of the day,we're all here,we're all in it together. you know,tomorrow might be a stop,or the next,or in a few years. god knows what. but till then,all we can really do is thrive and i guess just keep dreaming. but i just wanted to say how proud i am of us. how truly proud i am of us. and you guys should also be,also be so much,be so much proud of who you guys are and what you guys represent. you guys aren't just fans at this point. you guys also are a representation of DPR. and i…” *in the korean part,he says that sometimes he speaks to us (fans) in banmal (반말) the informal way of speaking in korean,and it really depends on the moment. he adds that he’ll use it every now and then

𝔞𝔯𝔬🕷️𝔦𝔰 𝔦𝔫 𝔞𝔳𝔞𝔩𝔬𝔫

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Jon Rahm on the LIV format: “Yeah, obviously there’s been a bit of a change. There was a lot more about LIV Golf that was attractive to me, right. Yeah, maybe the format was a set back in the past, but at the same time there’s a lot of positives to it as well. And one of the things that a lot of players kept mentioning is you don’t have a wave weather difference, where you can simply get unlucky and you’re out of contention for that tournament. It’s part of the game, I get it, but it’s something you don’t have to deal with anymore. So that part is a very nice aspect. The team is what really made it for me. Being able to be part of a team, represent a team, play for my teammates, with my teammates and against my teammates, is something that to me that has always been very, very special. When you get a victory to share, it’s always better to have a team to share it with. So it’s what was the most attractive part and when we started discussions it gets to a point where even though I’m ambitious, I’m not greedy. So there’s a give and take and the format is something that I can easily overlook, and I’m pretty sure I can learn to enjoy it, I’ll just have to get used to it, but I’m pretty sure I’ll learn to enjoy it. To be honest, the more I started thinking about it, the more I started thinking about my college days that were 3 day tournaments, 54 holes, and everybody warmed up together for the most part. So it shouldn’t be an environment I’m unfamiliar with.” This is from the LIV podcast called “Fairway to Heaven”. Full link:
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Jon Rahm on the LIV format: “Yeah, obviously there’s been a bit of a change. There was a lot more about LIV Golf that was attractive to me, right. Yeah, maybe the format was a set back in the past, but at the same time there’s a lot of positives to it as well. And one of the things that a lot of players kept mentioning is you don’t have a wave weather difference, where you can simply get unlucky and you’re out of contention for that tournament. It’s part of the game, I get it, but it’s something you don’t have to deal with anymore. So that part is a very nice aspect. The team is what really made it for me. Being able to be part of a team, represent a team, play for my teammates, with my teammates and against my teammates, is something that to me that has always been very, very special. When you get a victory to share, it’s always better to have a team to share it with. So it’s what was the most attractive part and when we started discussions it gets to a point where even though I’m ambitious, I’m not greedy. So there’s a give and take and the format is something that I can easily overlook, and I’m pretty sure I can learn to enjoy it, I’ll just have to get used to it, but I’m pretty sure I’ll learn to enjoy it. To be honest, the more I started thinking about it, the more I started thinking about my college days that were 3 day tournaments, 54 holes, and everybody warmed up together for the most part. So it shouldn’t be an environment I’m unfamiliar with.” This is from the LIV podcast called “Fairway to Heaven”. Full link:

Flushing It

562,914 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren