217 Estée Lauder — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2021-11-18
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“We do the best skin products available today, the me- the best makeup and fragrance products.”
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
“Steve Jobs told us focus is saying no.”
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
“All the people to whom I'd given samples, all the people who'd been telling other people, all those people who'd been telling…”
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
“She fixes her mistake and they are married for 50-plus years.”
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
“And so he had learned from that mistake because those two mistakes cost him a lot of time and money, and even…”
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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