You Really Need To Believe That You

I Enjoyed High School And College, And I Think I Learned A Lot, But That Was Not Really My Focus. My Focus Was On Trying To Figure Out What Businesses To Start

When I Was Trying To Popularize The Concept Of The Internet - Ten Or 15 Years Ago - I Came Up With This Concept Of "the 5 Cs." Services Needed To Have Content, Context, Community, Commerce, And Connectivity. After That, When I Was Trying To Think Of What The Key Management Principles Were To Build Into The Culture, I Started Talking About The Ps. The P's Were Things Like Passion, Perseverance, Perspective And People. I Think The People Aspect Is Really The Most Important One.

The Idea Of An Entrepreneur Is Really Thinking Out Of The Box And Taking Risks And Stepping Up To Major Challenges.

The Real Magic In National Geographic Isn't How Much Money They Have Left At The End Of The Year. It's The Fact That Through Their Overall Focus They Are Reaching Hundreds Of Millions Of People And Educating People About The World. It Just Happens To Be Done In A Business-oriented Kind Of Way That Is More Sustainable.

We Need That Same Mentality In Philanthropy, Trying Things, Taking Risks, Recognizing The First Try, Maybe The Second Try, Maybe The Third Try Won't Work. But If You Stay At It And You're Learning, You're Talking To Others, And You're Learning Together, Eventually You'll Break Through And See The Kind Of Impact You Were Hoping For.