"When I was their age, my dad would come to say good night and spend 30 minutes talking to me about the fact that, in his view, Soviet Union would collapse by the time I was 15, and the only people who would succeed if the Soviet Union collapsed were people who either spoke English or knew how to shoot guns. There's a very sharp contrast there between what I was getting as a six-year-old and what my kids are getting as six-year-olds."
"It's no question that as of right now, they're not going through enough problems to be set up for success in the way I went through those-there's no disputing that. My kids are growing up in Palo Alto, California, one of the most safe and wealthy places in the world."
George Arison immigrated from the Soviet Union to the United States as a teenager, worked odd jobs while studying, and graduated college with $500. His father warned that the Soviet Union would collapse and that success would favor those who spoke English or could shoot. Arison founded Taxi Magic (now Curb) and became Grindr CEO in October 2022, earning a $1 million salary plus bonus and stock. Concerned that his children lack the hardships that built his resilience, he plans to bring them to the office around age ten and to use skiing and shadowing to instill grit.
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