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you’ll see his self-taught bellicose side

if you ever try to cross him in a negotiation.

And you’ll see his introverted self

if you ever try to make dinner plans

with him.

“I could literally go years without

having any friends except for my wife

and kids,” he says. “Look at you and

me. You’re one of my best friends, and

how many times do we actually

talk—when you call me! I don’t like socializing.

My dream is to live off the

land on a thousand acres with my family.

You never see a team of friends in

that dream. So notwithstanding

whatever you might see in my public

persona, I am an introvert. I think that

fundamentally I’m the same person I always

was. Massively shy, but I compensate

for it.”

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