319 The Making of Winston Churchill Part 1 — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2023-09-05
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“"We shape our buildings," he said, "and then our buildings shape us." Blenheim served as a painful reminder of his inability thus…”
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
“To the British, war was like this grand adventure, and you can kind of see it with some of the weird decisions…”
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
“And so John Howard may be running the mine, but he's also, there's a ton of Dutch people there, there's Boer people…”
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
“And so at every stop along the way, you have Burnham.”
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 think he's like 21 years old at the time, and this is the first time that he gets up close with…”
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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Source and attribution
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