I first read this book almost five years ago and it's one of these stories that just sticks with you.
Chung's story is unbelievably inspiring.
He grew up the son of a poor farmer and had to eat tree bark to survive.
And then he dies, the richest person in Korea.
And almost every week since this episode first came out, someone has sent me a message after listening to it and we're surprised and inspired by Chung's life story.
So I decided to re listen to it today, which I just did, and then republish it for you.
In case you haven't had the chance to hear it yet.
Something will jump out at you as you listen and it's Chung's insistence on being the very best.
It didn't matter if he was running a small rice shop or a giant conglomerate.
Everything that Chung did, he did with the intention of being the very best.
And that is actually something he shares with a lot of history's greatest entrepreneurs.
They want to be great at what they do and they want to work with other people and other companies that.
Are great at what they do.
And one of my favorite examples of greatness.
A representation of being great, I should say.
I just found out this week.
In the last year, 12,059 different companies have started using Ramp.
These companies are using Ramp to control their spend and optimize all of their financial operations on a single platform.
Out of those 12,059 companies, only eight.
Decided ramp one wasn't for them.