Brian Lam was laid-off from his tech job and he trained himself as a professional fighter, but he switched careers and finally started the Wirecutter website. He sold it to The New York Times for $30+ million.
What you could learn from this episode:
- Why he decided to switch majors to make more money
- Why he didn’t like his first job
- Why he was happy when he got laid off.
- What prompted him to switch his career completely to become a fighter
- How he let go his dream and started a job in the tech field again.
- How he quit his job again after working their for a long period.
- How the go the idea for Wirecutter and what he wanted to do with it.
- Why he went against the norm
- The one thing they focused on to become successful
