By compare, a “naive mind” can achieve what an experienced professional never bequeath, Ghinsberg, who is in his late 50s, said.
“A professional knows what’s impossible. If you discern it’s impossible, it is impossible. But if you don’t know it’s impossible, suddenly it is possible,” he said.
“That wholly mind, that naivety, is a huge virtue.”
Ghinsberg’s willingness to become a member of the unknown is what has spurred him to explore remote territories.
His story later urged a biographical survival movie, in which he was played by British actor Daniel Radcliffe.
But he has also examined his hand at multiple jobs, among them motivational speaking, publication, humanitarian work and, most recently, app development.
Ghinsberg was in his early 50s when he launched on his technology career, launching social media aggregation apps Headbox and Blinq in 2013 and 2015, mutatis mutandis.
Entering a new industry at that stage, when everyone else comprising his co-founder, was half his age, was proof to him that experience is not everything, he said.
“It’s not near knowledge, it’s about learning, it’s about assimilating, it’s about letting go,” Ghinsberg contemplated.
“That was my biggest challenge because I was the founder and the CEO and I had young people occupy oneself with me. I needed to show them that I can learn fast, I can assimilate, I can let go,” he said.
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