185 César Ritz and Auguste Escoffier (The Hotelier and The Chef) — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2021-06-10
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“So now we get into like the, a brief bio on Ritz and then more about his critical eye, which is also…”
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Focus
“So he's paying attention to little small detail.”
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People
“And he would like kick people off the team for like minor infractions like this.”
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Persistence
“"Richard was no longer making idle small talk about the hotel business.”
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
“He had put it all on the line for this hotel: his money, his friends, uh, his friends' money, and his reputation.”
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