One thing that bothers me in the US is the thought that children that are handed things by their parents haven’t earned what they have because they were give a head start or leg up. There are a lot of “legs up” in this world from a better education, a lucky break, where you are located. There are just as many stories of people that were given an entity and drove it into the ground as there are of people that continued the success or made it better. But when you given a valuable asset people bring out the silver spoon description.
A good example that most of you didn’t even realize is David Benioff. One of the creators of Game of Thrones. Dave’s real name is actually David Friedman. My presumption was he changed his name so he wouldn’t be labeled. David’s father is the former chairman of Goldman Sachs, Steven Friedman, and at one point in time, one of the most important men in Finance. He made tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars over the years. Did Steven give him money to finance the show? I don’t know. But he certainly gave David an opportunity to get a great education and pursue his dream of being a writer without ever having to worry about how to pay the bills. That gift gave us the Game of Thrones. A phenomenon that has become a part of most of our lives over the years. And all because he came from a wealthy family that gave him a “leg up”.
When I am in New York I have stayed with the Friedmans a few times(my friend is part of the family) and had a good talk about the pressures of being the next generation. The pressure is greater to succeed because the bar is set so high. I talked about the responsibilities of having a 5th generation business and all the employees. If I succeeded, I was supposed to, if I failed I had all the advantages and I still failed. It was great to talk to a family that understood it better than anyone. David overcame the expectations with Game of Thrones. He would always be known as the person that started GOT and not as Steven Friedman’s son. He wanted his own identity. I tripled the sales of my company. Not quite GOT but I too got to the point where it was now mine and I was no longer thought of as the son but as a separate owner. We both got out of a shadow and now cast our own. He just has a tens of millions of dollars stacked to make his shadow. And mine is a large shrub.
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Godaddy Domains That I Like With Multiple Bids
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By some miracle I’ve avoided GOT to this day .. I’m waiting to the start of the next (final) season and then going to marathon it! But if you want his millions .. maybe start selling garden dragons instead of garden gnomes? Or Zombie Dragons .. hit two TV sub-genres at once!
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Holy Crap .. ZombieDragon.com and ZombieDragons.com are both taken! lol
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Also .. Let me know if you want to go halfers on the Craps one .. I bet I’m the only person you know who has xxxx hours at a craps table and still be up! lol
Rule #1 of Craps … WATCH YOUR HANDS !!!
The show is great and all, but George R. R. Martin gave us the gift of Game of Thrones – A Song of Ice and Fire to be exact (nerd). It would be nice if he could finish a book in less than 7 years though… I absolutely hate that HBO is going to tell me the end.
I haven’t watched a single episode and even I can tell you how it’s going to end …
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EVERYBODY is going to DIE !!! lol
He wrote the book but 99% of the world would have zero idea about the books without David. And David is more than capable of ending it.
100% of the world would have no idea about the story without Martin. David will be able to end it, because Martin was required to tell them the ending when they signed the contract to do the show. No offense to David, but he wouldn’t be able to do it without Martin. You have to read the books to understand.
Thanks for the post guys. I just scooped up DontWish.com and I love the domain – wouldn’t have found it without this post!
Tom,
Hope you make some money with the name