The investor “Shark Tank” Kevin O’Leari says only a third of people can become successful entrepreneurs – and the rest will never be “free”.

“In life, only a third of people can become successful entrepreneurs. That’s it,” Olieri Recently said on Diary of the CEO Podcast. “The rest can be very successful employees. There is nothing wrong with it – you can have a great life.”

“You will not be cut off and fall in entrepreneurship, challenge in that, and how difficult it is. But you will never be free. This is the discussion: Do you want personal freedom? It is the only path.”

The 70 -year -old software is a billion dollars. Establishing SoftKey software products on the bottom of the Toronto board In 1983O’Leary led the company to become a global giant for education, and they get strongly competitors and work for great technology like Steve Jobs. By 1999, it is Premise Company l Mattel For $ 3.7 billion; He is now known to be a meaningless investor in the successful TV series shark.

The pursuit of entrepreneurship is not for money – it is for freedom

Despite his popularity at the country level as the “wonderful master”, Oliri does not think everyone can repeat his success – they don’t want it.

So far, while he is teaching students in Harvard UniversityHe said that he is witnessing a gap among pioneering business students who want to become successful entrepreneurs, and those who will end up as a leader working in huge companies.

“Two -thirds (my students) wants to become consultants … and live a life of mediocrity, and they do not make a decision of the results in their lives. After 24 months, they fill this disease forever,” O’Leary continued on podcast. “They will always be good consultants, but they will never achieve greatness in any way.”

There is a lot of money in entrepreneurs It can also be offered Salaries in the six high. Although the bonus is much higher in selling billion dollars in companies, the serial investor insists that construction companies are not related to rapid wealth. You may have to Sacrifice weekendsBut the independence that comes with it makes it worth it.

“I have always said that it is not a matter of seeking money. It is not a matter of pursuit of greed. You will fail if you do it.” “It is the unbearable love of freedom.”

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One successful feature of entrepreneurs

For a third of people who continue to become entrepreneurs, O’Leari says that the best of all of them has one quality common to one quality: they can adjust their “noise” their personal lives, to get the three most important to five things a day.

“The reference to this noise to be successful, for Steve Jobs, 80: 20-80 signal, 20 noise,” Oliri explained. “If you go back to date, you will discover that the geniuses of their time were close to a 100 % signal.”

It is something he saw not only in his former business partner, Jobs, but also in Elon Musk.

“Elon Musk has no noise. He does not deal with noise.” “60 seconds from every minute, 60 minutes every hour, and 18 hours awake, all this is a sign. See what he achieved.”

Other successful entrepreneurs learn different ingredients for success. Former Olry shark Mark Koban repeated that participant Mark Koban There is one feature He sees in successful people: strong work ethics. Tennis icon Serena Williams is similarly He thinks that People need to grind “every day”, and to be “very disciplined” to reach the top.

At the same time, adventurous adventurous adventurous Marx Andres It also believes Which – which Successful people cannot stop their desire to develop their companies. It is the quality of the billionaire star Netscape The founder said, “Very few,” embodied – with Timing The founder, Elon Musk, is an exception.

“There is this decision that people must make, which is,” well, if I have the ability to do so, is this what I want to spend in doing my life? ” episode Subordinate Hopperman Laboratory Podcast in 2023.