Logic refuses to delegate full authority without direct personal oversight
Logic (Sir Robert Bryson Hall II) · Logic: Logic & Chris Zarou (2018) · Aug 16, 2021 · at 1:05:32
Guy Raz asks Logic if he would build businesses that run entirely without his active day-to-day involvement.
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“If I'm not involved, I trust no one with my money, with my company, with my this, with my that, if I'm not involved. Like, I trust Chris with my life, but I'm not just gonna be like, just go take it. Not because I don't trust him, but because I don't work that way. I need to know how you cook the fries at McDonald's, who sweeps the floors, who flips the burgers, the exact time to flip the burgers, this, that, that, even if I'm sitting all the way on the 57th floor in the CEO chair, I need to know.”
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