Welcome to "Fire your Boss Fridays" with Lisa Hart and Chad Passa. Special CEO guest Richard Blank.

Welcome to "Fire your Boss Fridays"
Our mission is to:

Help you discover new knowledge with the help of our special guests, who will teach you how to launch, manage, and grow your business.

Inspire you to take control of your destiny, steal your life back, fire your boss, and live a life full of purpose.

Bring you entertainment through captivating stories of our guests who have successfully fired their bosses!

You'll hear about the highs and lows of running a business and celebrate the victories of these inspiring entrepreneurs.


A Transformative Year in Europe

Thank you for bringing that up. That was the best year of my life. I went to college for five years, right? So this was my junior year, then I did senior, super senior. So I went to Europe the fall of 93 through 94. And I stayed in Europe during Christmas break. I didn't come home. So I was there for 11 months. I was 21 at the time, and I lived in Spain. I started off in El Porto de Santa Maria, which is right next to Cadiz, one of the famous ships, the Santa Maria from Columbus. Then I went to Madrid, then I toured Europe, and then I came back to Sevilla. But when I was in Europe, I went as far east as Prague, far south as Corfu in Greece at the Pink Palace. You know I went to Amsterdam. I was also in Tangier, Morocco. But here's the skinny-diny, right? I'm 21 years old, couple grand in my pocket, Euro pass, and a backpack. I couldn't call home. This was a collect call at least once a week or a postcard, so I disappeared. But here's what I realized. The parties were there. I mean, all day, every day. But instead of going to the party at 12, 1 or 2 o'clock, I would get up early to go to the ruins, go to the museums, do something.


Figuring Out the Secret Sauce in Communication

But these are golden nuggets. I mean, like I said, I've done my fair share of phone calls and communication studies as well. What you're talking about, Richard, you're right. You it is absolutely clear. You have listened to tens of thousands of calls and analyzed them and fou

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