223 Unstoppable: Siggi Wilzig's Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2021-12-29
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“And so I just wanna pull out this, this exchange that he's having with the customer because I really think that it…”
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Focus
“He, he's like, "Listen, me and my wife decided we're gonna spend, like, we're gonna give our kids all the education they…”
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People
“Like he was, he wanted to be respected and admired by other people, but he also didn't care what other people thought.”
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 should tell you, he's 27 years old at this point in the story, so he's been in America for six 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
“My son-in-law, his brother, and also invested heavily, and we all made a profit.”
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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