111 David Geffen — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2020-02-16
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“I need to lean into what makes me, makes me unique, and I need to, to, to understand my own strengths.”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: product.
Focus
“And yet you could be gifted at what you chose to do, and if you choose the, choose the wrong path, the…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: focus.
People
“He's like, "Oh, people aren't gonna like me because I'm tall or I'm, I'm short and I'm Jewish and I'm gay." So…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: people.
Persistence
“Long after an artist's star had faded, faded, publishers benefit financially for years to come, pocketing royalties whenever a group records a…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: persistence.
Capital
“But we're gonna see he eventually, he runs into a fork in the world, or a fork, fork in the road, rather…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: capital.
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