Mark Cuban says to focus on money instead of following your passions

Fortune

In emailed comments to Fortune, Cuban advised against starting a business on the basis of passion, urging workers instead to remain eagle eyed on money and building wealth.

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00:00 Billionaire Mark Cuban says workers should focus on money and not on their passions.

00:04 In an email to Fortune, Cuban advised against starting a business on the basis of passion.

00:08 Instead, he said workers should first remain focused on money and building wealth,

00:12 and it's something he himself aspired to pursue.

00:14 At 25 years old, Cuban was fully committed to the ideology behind the financial independence

00:19 retire early, aka FIRE movement, and his mission was to retire by 35, but that clearly didn't happen.

00:25 He told CBS that when he was in his 20s, 30s, and 40s, it was all about how much money I could make.

00:30 But once he got to the point where he had enough money and could retire, he didn't want to.

00:34 Instead, Cuban focused on being an entrepreneur that could make positive social change.

00:39 That's where his latest venture, Cost Plus Drugs, comes in.

00:41 Cuban knew it was far from a money-making endeavor,

00:44 but it's his most direct way of cultivating change.

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