63 The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2019-03-10
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“He starts off as like a penniless, uh, kid that, that sells like the rotting bananas before they rot completely, and then…”
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's very hard to be successful a-a-when you're-- and when you're, when you're not focused, and it's hard to be focused when…”
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People
“These people, the desire to control other people and then are so hypocritical because, you know ...”
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 do it forever or over the long term." So he had a long-term agreement with, uh, what before was Persia, now…”
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 that time from a par-parental perspective goes by so fast, even though it took-- it felt like, you know, your childhood…”
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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