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Barry Diller — who built Fox Broadcasting, ran Paramount, launched QVC, and created IAC/Expedia — explains why he's only interested in things he's never done before. At 80+, he's still starting new ventures. Hoffman argues serial reinvention is the ultimate scaling skill.
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Diller argues that staying in one role too long forces you to perform a version of yourself that no longer matches who you are. Each reinvention stripped away accumulated performance and reconnected him with his actual curiosity.
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Serial reinvention requires deliberately abandoning expertise
Diller left Paramount at the peak of his power to start Fox from scratch. He left Fox to build QVC. He left QVC to build IAC. Each move required abandoning hard-won expertise and starting as a beginner. Most successful people do the opposite — they double down on what they know.Was this useful?