125 Charles Kettering (inventor, engineer, founder) — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2020-05-15
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“What I believe is that by proper effort, we can make the future almost anything we wanna make it.”
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
“Now, the reason for that is quite simple.”
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People
“They had some real notion of what people wanted, and sensitivity to what people want has all through," uh, all through his…”
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
“Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement." So again, that ties...”
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
“The only time you don't want to fail is the last time you try.”
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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