We tried to create advantages. We were never complacent.
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I didn't want to fall into the trap of complacency.
At first, we couldn't be establishment, because we didn't have any money. We were guerrilla marketers, and we still are, a little bit. But, as we became No. 1 in our industry, we've had to modify our culture and become a bit more planned.
We didn't become the most prosperous country in the world just by rewarding greed and recklessness. We didn't come this far by letting the special interests run wild. We didn't do it just by gambling and chasing paper profits on Wall Street. We built this country by making things, by producing goods we could sell.
We expanded primarily for our people - if you don't offer more opportunities, you don't keep good people.
We can all get complacent. Especially when it comes to a job.
You were not built for comfort and convenience. You were built to overcome.
We didn't grow up rich people.
We were rather poor, but we always had what we needed.
Whatever we do, whatever our backgrounds, we've all had some kind of advantage somewhere along the way. Some break that might have gone to someone else. Some edge or inside track we couldn't have counted on.
We had a brilliant upbringing, and we never wanted for anything, even though we went through highs and lows of finances.