318 Alistair Urquhart (Listen to this when you’re stressed) — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2023-08-27
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“We're in these ridiculous uniforms that just make our job, make doing our job even harder.”
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
“It says, "I had decided to stay apart from everyone else and focus totally on survival.”
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People
“It is inevitable." I've read a bunch of stories about how people deal with this, so, like, if you read the autobiographies…”
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Persistence
“At 90 years of age, he wrote the book to inspire others to persevere when they are faced with hardships in their…”
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
“I was so damn tired all the time." They're working from sunrise to sunset many times after night, right?”
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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