113 A.G. Gaston (Black Titan and the Making of a Black American Millionaire) — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2020-03-05
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“So she would make, um, AG box lunches.”
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
“Instead, he picked himself up off the ground and stood at attention before the officer, offering a simple but firm, 'Yes, sir,'…”
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People
“The difference between people that succeed and that fail are the people that, that, that...”
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
“I insisted on top fli- flight performance of my employees." Another way to say, "I demand excellence." "And learned the hard way…”
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
“That's why he started a bank, started, uh, teaching other, uh, Black people to, to invest in real estate, to not spend…”
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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